• 824th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (Wei1)surname Wei
2. wēi (wei1)danger • to endanger • Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

危害 
危机 (危機)
危险 (危險)

Uncommon

危及 
危急 
危房 
危楼 (危樓)
危难 (危難)
安危 
居安思危 
病危 

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  • 671st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiǎn (xian3)danger • dangerous • rugged

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiǎn (xian3)The component is pronounced as 'qiān' (qian1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

保险 (保險)
冒险 (冒險)
危险 (危險)
风险 (風險)

Uncommon

保险杠 (保險槓)
保险柜 (保險櫃)
保险箱 (保險箱)
保险费 (保險費)
凶险 (兇險)
探险 (探險)
探险家 (探險家)
历险 (歷險)
脱险 (脫險)
艰险 (艱險)
避险 (避險)
阴险 (陰險)
险些 (險些)
险恶 (險惡)
险阻 (險阻)
惊险 (驚險)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.