• 1014th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. juǎn (juan3)to roll up • roll • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
2. juàn (juan4)scroll • book • volume • chapter • examination paper • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
3. juǎn (juan3)to roll (up) • to sweep up • to carry on • roll

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

卷子 
卷发 (卷髮)
问卷 (問卷)
春卷 (春捲)
试卷 (試卷)

Uncommon

交卷 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
卷心菜 
卷起 
卷轴 (卷軸)
席卷 (席捲)
手卷 (手捲)
卷入 (捲入)
卷曲 (捲曲)
卷饼 (捲餅)
案卷 
残卷 (殘卷)
画卷 (畫卷)
白卷 
答卷 
考卷 
胶卷 (膠卷)
开卷 (開卷)
阅卷 (閱卷)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)

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  • 2354th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǐng (bing3)round flat cake • cookie • cake • pastry • CL:張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bǐng (bing3)The component is pronounced as 'bìng' (bing4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for bǐng (bing3)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

煎饼 (煎餅)
饼干 (餅乾)

Uncommon

大饼 (大餅)
卷饼 (捲餅)
春饼 (春餅)
月饼 (月餅)
柿饼 (柿餅)
油饼 (油餅)
烙饼 (烙餅)
烧饼 (燒餅)
粉饼 (粉餅)
肉饼 (肉餅)
薄饼 (薄餅)
饼子 (餅子)
馅饼 (餡餅)
松饼 (鬆餅)
面饼 (麵餅)

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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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