• 1877th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chún (chun2)lip

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chún (chun2)The component is pronounced as 'chén' (chen2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

唇膏 
嘴唇 

Uncommon

唇彩 
唇齿 (唇齒)

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  • 872nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (Qiang1)surname Qiang
2. qiāng (qiang1)gun • firearm • rifle • spear • thing with shape or function similar to a gun • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] • to substitute for another person in a test • to knock • classifier for rifle shots

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

手枪 (手槍)
枪口 (槍口)
枪战 (槍戰)
枪手 (槍手)
枪击 (槍擊)
枪击案 (槍擊案)
枪毙 (槍斃)
机枪 (機槍)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
开枪 (開槍)

Uncommon

中枪 (中槍)
冷枪 (冷槍)
刀枪 (刀槍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
打枪 (打槍)
枪崩 (槍崩)
枪支 (槍支)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
枪械 (槍械)
枪杀 (槍殺)
枪决 (槍決)
枪法 (槍法)
枪版 (槍版)
枪炮 (槍砲)
枪声 (槍聲)
机关枪 (機關槍)
步枪 (步槍)
水枪 (水槍)
火枪 (火槍)
火枪手 (火槍手)
烟枪 (煙槍)
猎枪 (獵槍)
真刀真枪 (真刀真槍)
荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈)
冲锋枪 (衝鋒槍)
长枪 (長槍)
鸣枪 (鳴槍)

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  • 1955th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 27 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shé (she2)tongue

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shé (she2)The component is pronounced as 'shé' (she2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

舌战 (舌戰)
舌头 (舌頭)

Uncommon

七嘴八舌 
口干舌燥 (口乾舌燥)
口舌 
咋舌 
唇舌 
喉舌 
嚼舌根 
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
牛舌 
舌吻 
舌尖 
舌根 
长舌 (長舌)
长舌妇 (長舌婦)
饶舌 (饒舌)
鸭舌帽 (鴨舌帽)
龙舌兰 (龍舌蘭)

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  • 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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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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