• 1169th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mài (Mai4)surname Mai
2. mài (mai4)wheat • barley • oats

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mài (mai4)The component is pronounced as 'lái' (lai2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for mài (mai4)The component is pronounced as 'mài' (mai4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Medium Frequency

丹麦 (丹麥)
全麦 (全麥)
大麦 (大麥)
小麦 (小麥)
油麦 (油麥)
烧麦 (燒麥)
燕麦 (燕麥)
燕麦粥 (燕麥粥)
耳麦 (耳麥)
荞麦 (蕎麥)
麦克 (麥克)
麦克风 (麥克風)
麦子 (麥子)
麦德龙 (麥德龍)
麦片 (麥片)
麦当娜 (麥當娜)
麦芽 (麥芽)
麦芽糖 (麥芽糖)
麦迪逊 (麥迪遜)
麦霸 (麥霸)
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  • 455th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 100 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piān (pian1)disc • sheet
2. piàn (pian4)thin piece • flake • a slice • film • TV play • to slice • to carve thin • partial • incomplete • one-sided • classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water • classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc • used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for piān (pian1)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for piān (pian1)The component is pronounced as 'piàn' (pian4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for piàn (pian4)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for piàn (pian4)The component is pronounced as 'piàn' (pian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

图片 (圖片)
照片 
 

Medium Frequency

一片 
切片 
动画片 (動畫片)
卡片 
唱片 
大片 
影片 
恐怖片 
明信片 
片刻 
片子 
片段 
相片 
短片 
碎片 
芯片 
薯片 
预告片 (預告片)
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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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