• 225th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biàn (bian4)to change • to become different • to transform • to vary • rebellion

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for biàn (bian4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

多变 (多變)
改变 (改變)
变化 (變化)
变得 (變得)
变态 (變態)
变成 (變成)

Uncommon

一成不变 (一成不變)
事变 (事變)
善变 (善變)
大变 (大變)
应变 (應變)
会变 (會變)
演变 (演變)
病变 (病變)
突变 (突變)
蜕变 (蛻變)
变动 (變動)
变坏 (變壞)
变天 (變天)
变幻 (變幻)
变形 (變形)
变心 (變心)
变性 (變性)
变换 (變換)
变故 (變故)
变数 (變數)
变暖 (變暖)
变更 (變更)
变样 (變樣)
变为 (變為)
变异 (變異)
变相 (變相)
变硬 (變硬)
变红 (變紅)
变脸 (變臉)
变色 (變色)
变质 (變質)
变通 (變通)
变迁 (變遷)
变丑 (變醜)
变革 (變革)
变黑 (變黑)
转变 (轉變)

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  • 972nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mài (mai4)to sell • to betray • to spare no effort • to show off or flaunt

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mài (mai4)The component is pronounced as 'mǎi' (mai3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for mài (mai4)The component is pronounced as 'dài' (dai4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

外卖 (外賣)
热卖 (熱賣)
卖萌 (賣萌)

Uncommon

出卖 (出賣)
专卖 (專賣)
专卖店 (專賣店)
小卖部 (小賣部)
拍卖 (拍賣)
拍卖会 (拍賣會)
拐卖 (拐賣)
烧卖 (燒賣)
甩卖 (甩賣)
义卖 (義賣)
变卖 (變賣)
贩卖 (販賣)
买卖 (買賣)
卖傻 (賣傻)
卖出 (賣出)
卖力 (賣力)
卖命 (賣命)
卖弄 (賣弄)
卖掉 (賣掉)
卖淫 (賣淫)
卖相 (賣相)
卖身 (賣身)
卖点 (賣點)
贱卖 (賤賣)
转卖 (轉賣)

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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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