• 307th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (Nan2)surname Nan
2. nán (nan2)south

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for nán (nan2)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for nán (nan2)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Medium Frequency

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南瓜 
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南部 
南开 (南開)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
西南 
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)
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  • 801st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yáng (yang2)ocean • vast • foreign • silver dollar or coin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yáng (yang2)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

大洋 
太平洋 
 
洋气 (洋氣)
洋溢 
洋葱 (洋蔥)
海洋 

Medium Frequency

北冰洋 
南洋 
印度洋 
喜气洋洋 (喜氣洋洋)
喜洋洋 
大西洋 
得意洋洋 
懒洋洋 (懶洋洋)
暖洋洋 
汪洋 
洋人 
洋妞 
洋娃娃 
洋洋 
洋芋 
洋装 (洋裝)
西洋 
远洋 (遠洋)
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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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