• 389th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 240 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shàn (Shan4)surname Shan
2. dān (dan1)bill • list • form • single • only • sole • odd number • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

名单 (名單)
单位 (單位)
单曲 (單曲)
单纯 (單純)
单身 (單身)
孤单 (孤單)
简单 (簡單)

Uncommon

下单 (下單)
传单 (傳單)
单一 (單一)
单人 (單人)
单价 (單價)
单元 (單元)
单单 (單單)
单子 (單子)
单恋 (單戀)
单手 (單手)
单打 (單打)
单挑 (單挑)
单方面 (單方面)
单独 (單獨)
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
单程 (單程)
单肩包 (單肩包)
单亲 (單親)
单词 (單詞)
单调 (單調)
单身汉 (單身漢)
单车 (單車)
埋单 (埋單)
帐单 (帳單)
床单 (床單)
成绩单 (成績單)
清单 (清單)
罚单 (罰單)
菜单 (菜單)
西单 (西單)
订单 (訂單)
买单 (買單)
账单 (賬單)

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  • 1413th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)shoulder • to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

肩膀 

Uncommon

并肩 (並肩)
单肩包 (單肩包)
披肩 
肩并肩 (肩並肩)
肩带 (肩帶)
肩负 (肩負)

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  • 454th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bāo (Bao1)surname Bao
2. bāo (bao1)to cover • to wrap • to hold • to include • to take charge of • to contract (to or for) • package • wrapper • container • bag • to hold or embrace • bundle • packet • CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bāo (bao1)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

包括 
包邮 (包郵)
红包 (紅包)
面包 (麵包)

Uncommon

包包 
包含 
包围 (包圍)
包场 (包場)
包子 
包容 
包厢 (包廂)
包扎 
包袱 
包装 (包裝)
包裹 
包车 (包車)
包头 (包頭)
包饭 (包飯)
包饺子 (包餃子)
包养 (包養)
外包 
手包 
手提包 
打包 
挎包 
提包 
书包 (書包)
汤包 (湯包)
皮包 
背包 
腰包 
荷包 
荷包蛋 
钱包 (錢包)

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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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