• 1278th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 63 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dān (dan1)red • pellet • powder • cinnabar

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

丹心 
丹麦 (丹麥)
乔丹 (喬丹)
牡丹 

Medium Frequency

不丹 
 
丹佛 
丹参 (丹參)
丹尼 
丹尼斯 
丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
丹巴 
丹东 (丹東)
丹田 
丹皮 
丹阳 (丹陽)
丹霞 
丹霞山 
丹青 
丹顶鹤 (丹頂鶴)
丹凤 (丹鳳)
于丹 
仙丹 
南丹 
摩根士丹利 
牡丹亭 
牡丹江 
王丹 
苏丹 (蘇丹)
阿丹 
阿姆斯特丹 
灵丹妙药 (靈丹妙藥)
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  • 507th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cān (can1)take part in • participate • join • attend • to join • unequal • varied • irregular • to counsel • uneven • not uniform • abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House
2. shēn (shen1)ginseng

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cān (can1)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

参加 (參加)
参与 (參與)

Medium Frequency

人参 (人參)
参考 (參考)
参观 (參觀)
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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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