• 40th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.33% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 164 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)surname Yu
2. (yu2)to go • to take • sentence-final interrogative particle • variant of 於|于[yu2]
3. (Yu2)surname Yu
4. (yu2)in • at • to • from • by • than • out of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

对于 (對於)
属于 (屬於)
于是 (於是)
终于 (終於)
关于 (關于)

Uncommon

不至于 (不至於)
以至于 (以至於)
低于 
来源于 (來源於)
出于 (出於)
利于 (利於)
勇于 (勇於)
善于 (善於)
在于 (在於)
基于 (基於)
大于 (大於)
忙于 (忙於)
急于 (急於)
敢于 (敢於)
有助于 (有助於)
乐于助人 (樂於助人)
源于 (源於)
由于 (由於)
相当于 (相當於)
等于 (等於)
至于 (至於)
莫过于 (莫過於)
处于 (處於)
过于 (過於)
鉴于 (鑒於)
高于 (高於)

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  • 1278th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 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

Common

丹心 
丹麦 (丹麥)
乔丹 (喬丹)
牡丹 

Uncommon

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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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.