1. 鯰

鯰

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  1. 鯰 is the 5085th most frequent character.
  2. 鯰 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鯰 appears as a character in 0 words.
  4. 鯰 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鯰 => 魚, 念
Radical :
鯰 => 魚 (fish), 人 (human), 丶 (dot), ㇇ (N/A), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
鯰 => ⺈, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 灬, 人, 丶, ㇇, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nian2 - sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus)/oriental catfish/see also 鮎|鲇[nian2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鯰 (nian2): The component 念 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 鯰 (nian2): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin final.

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