• 2936th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niè (nie4)son born of a concubine • disaster • sin • evil

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

作孽 

Uncommon

妖孽 
孽缘 (孽緣)
罪孽 
造孽 

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  • 1272nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)cause • reason • karma • fate • predestined affinity • margin • hem • edge • along

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuán (yuan2)The component is pronounced as 'tuàn' (tuan4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

情缘 (情緣)
有缘 (有緣)
无缘 (無緣)
缘分 (緣分)
边缘 (邊緣)

Uncommon

人缘 (人緣)
因缘 (因緣)
姻缘 (姻緣)
孽缘 (孽緣)
投缘 (投緣)
机缘 (機緣)
无缘无故 (無緣無故)
缘份 (緣份)
缘故 (緣故)
缘由 (緣由)
缘起 (緣起)
血缘 (血緣)

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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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