1. 领
  2. 先

领

Previous (术)Next (共)
  • 329th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 115 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
领→
令页
2Radical
领→
人human丶dot龴N/A页leaf
3Graphical
领→
人丶龴一丿冂人

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǐng (ling3)neck • collar • to lead • to receive • classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 领 lǐng (ling3)The component 令 is pronounced as 'líng' (ling2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 领 lǐng (ling3)The component 令 is pronounced as 'lǐng' (ling3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 领 lǐng (ling3)The component 令 is pronounced as 'lìng' (ling4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

带领 (帶領)
申领 (申領)
领取 (領取)
领导 (領導)

Uncommon

占领 (佔領)
圆领 (圓領)
引领 (引領)
本领 (本領)
率领 (率領)
白领 (白領)
认领 (認領)
领先 (領先)
领到 (領到)
领口 (領口)
领土 (領土)
领地 (領地)
领域 (領域)
领子 (領子)
领导人 (領導人)
领导者 (領導者)
领带 (領帶)
领悟 (領悟)
领奖 (領獎)
领略 (領略)
领袖 (領袖)
领养 (領養)
首领 (首領)

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先

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Previous (常)Next (海)
  • 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
先→
⺧儿
2Radical
先→
⺧cow儿legs
3Graphical
先→
⺧丿乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

先 also appears in:
选洗宪酰诜铣跣冼筅詵銑

Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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