• 1042nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diǎn (dian3)canon • law • standard work of scholarship • literary quotation or allusion • ceremony • to be in charge of • to mortgage or pawn

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

经典 (經典)

Uncommon

典型 
典礼 (典禮)
典范 (典範)
典雅 
古典 
字典 
宝典 (寶典)
恩典 
庆典 (慶典)
瑞典 
盛典 
词典 (詞典)
雅典娜 

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  • 704th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)pattern • model • example
2. fàn (Fan4)surname Fan

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fàn' (fan4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

模范 (模範)
范围 (範圍)
规范 (規範)
防范 (防範)
风范 (風範)

Uncommon

典范 (典範)
大范围 (大範圍)
师范 (師範)
示范 (示範)
范畴 (範疇)
范特西 
规范化 (規範化)

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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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