• 1421st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)cliff • rock
2. yán (yan2)variant of 岩[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'dàn' (dan4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

岩石 
攀岩 
龙岩 (龍岩)

Uncommon

岩层 (岩層)
岩手县 (岩手縣)
岩溶 
岩浆 (岩漿)
岩画 (巖畫)
火山岩 
熔岩 
砂岩 
花岗岩 (花崗岩)
云岩 (雲岩)
云岩区 (雲岩區)
黄岩 (黃岩)
黄岩区 (黃岩區)
龙岩市 (龍岩市)

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  • 1066th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 54 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuáng (chuang2)bed • couch • classifier for beds • CL:張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chuáng (chuang2)The component 广 is pronounced as 'guǎng' (guang3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

起床 

Uncommon

上床 
床单 (床單)
床头 (床頭)
赖床 (賴床)

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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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