• 867th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
humanoneNo glyph availableknife
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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  • 1107th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 146 words
  • Component in 53 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuān (chuan1)river • creek • plain • an area of level country • abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chuān (chuan1)The component is pronounced as 'chuān' (chuan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

四川 

Uncommon

一马平川 (一馬平川)
仁川 
冰川 
利川 
北川 
南川 
合川 
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
周小川 
四川省 
宜川 
崇川区 (崇川區)
川剧 (川劇)
川沙 
川流不息 
川菜 
川西 
平川 
东川 (東川)
永川 
汶川 
河川 
汉川 (漢川)
临川 (臨川)
银川 (銀川)
铜川 (銅川)
陆川 (陸川)
龙川 (龍川)

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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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