• 759th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 132 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
sheepeight/divideNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎng (yang3)to raise (animals) • to bring up (children) • to keep (pets) • to support • to give birth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǎng (yang3)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Uncommon

休养 (休養)
休养生息 (休養生息)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
疗养 (療養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
静养 (靜養)
韬光养晦 (韜光養晦)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养家糊口 (養家糊口)
养尊处优 (養尊處優)
养性 (養性)
养殖 (養殖)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)

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  • 179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 71 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǎo (lao3)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity • old (of people) • venerable (person) • experienced • of long standing • always • all the time • of the past • very • outdated • (of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǎo (lao3)The component is pronounced as 'lǎo' (lao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老子 
老家 
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Uncommon

偕老 
古老 
回老家 
年老 
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
老人 
老人家 
老化 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太 
老太太 
老娘 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老早 
老是 
老板娘 
老汉 (老漢)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老头子 (老頭子)
老鼠 
苍老 (蒼老)
衰老 
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)

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  • 260th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 534 words
  • Component in 492 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (Jin1)surname Jin • surname Kim (Korean) • Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
2. jīn (jin1)gold • chemical element Au • generic term for lustrous and ductile metals • money • golden • highly respected • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

基金 
现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
金刚 (金剛)
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Uncommon

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
吸金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
押金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
瑞金 
白金 
眼冒金星 
租金 
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金橘 
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金沙江 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金华市 (金華市)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)
黄金周 (黃金周)

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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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