• 861st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu1)house • room • CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

屋子 
屋顶 (屋頂)

Uncommon

同屋 
咖啡屋 
小屋 
屋外 
屋檐 (屋簷)
爱屋及乌 (愛屋及烏)
房屋 
新屋 

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  • 3096th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)eaves • ledge or brim

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'zhān' (zhan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

屋檐 (屋簷)

Uncommon

檐下 

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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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