• 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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  • 998th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǐng (ding3)apex • crown of the head • top • roof • to carry on the head • to push to the top • to go against • most • to replace • to substitute • classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc • to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile (internet slang)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǐng (ding3)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

屋顶 (屋頂)
山顶 (山頂)
 ()
顶级 (頂級)

Medium Frequency

封顶 (封頂)
平顶山 (平頂山)
房顶 (房頂)
楼顶 (樓頂)
机顶盒 (機頂盒)
车顶 (車頂)
透顶 (透頂)
顶住 (頂住)
顶呱呱 (頂呱呱)
顶嘴 (頂嘴)
顶多 (頂多)
顶天立地 (頂天立地)
顶尖 (頂尖)
顶层 (頂層)
顶峰 (頂峰)
顶替 (頂替)
顶楼 (頂樓)
顶端 (頂端)
顶部 (頂部)
顶点 (頂點)
头顶 (頭頂)
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  • 2618th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he4)crane

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()

Medium Frequency

丹顶鹤 (丹頂鶴)
仙鹤 (仙鶴)
白鹤 (白鶴)
纸鹤 (紙鶴)
风声鹤唳 (風聲鶴唳)
鹤壁 (鶴壁)
鹤山 (鶴山)
鹤山市 (鶴山市)
鹤岗 (鶴崗)
鹤立鸡群 (鶴立雞群)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
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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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