• 15th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 308 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lái (lai2)to come • to arrive • to come round • ever since • next

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下来 (下來)
来自 (來自)
来说 (來說)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
带来 (帶來)
从来 (從來)
拿来 (拿來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
看来 (看來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

Uncommon

上来 (上來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来生 (來生)
来临 (來臨)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
到头来 (到頭來)
前来 (前來)
向来 (向來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
后来 (後來)
想来 (想來)
打来 (打來)
接下来 (接下來)
用来 (用來)
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
进来 (進來)

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  • 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 305 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

今年 
拜年 
新年 
过年 (過年)
龙年 (龍年)

Uncommon

中年 
来年 (來年)
兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年初 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年少 
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年糕 
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年轻人 (年輕人)
年关 (年關)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
往年 
早年 
明年 
更年期 
流年 
当年 (當年)
童年 
丰年 (豐年)
周年 (週年)
青年 

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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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