• 867th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)double-edged sword • CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] • classifier for blows of a sword

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'qiān' (qian1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

剑客 (劍客)
剑桥 (劍橋)

Uncommon

利剑 (利劍)
剑川 (劍川)
剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張)
剑河 (劍河)
剑法 (劍法)
剑术 (劍術)
剑道 (劍道)
剑阁 (劍閣)
口蜜腹剑 (口蜜腹劍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
宝剑 (寶劍)
击剑 (擊劍)
舞剑 (舞劍)

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  • 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 448 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
小道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

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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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