• 2209th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǐng (ling3)mountain range • mountain ridge

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'líng' (ling2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'lǐng' (ling3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'lìng' (ling4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

八达岭 (八達嶺)
分水岭 (分水嶺)
岭南 (嶺南)
温岭 (溫嶺)
秦岭 (秦嶺)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)

Medium Frequency

上甘岭 (上甘嶺)
公主岭 (公主嶺)
南岭 (南嶺)
大兴安岭 (大興安嶺)
山岭 (山嶺)
峻岭 (峻嶺)
果岭 (果嶺)
温岭市 (溫嶺市)
荒山野岭 (荒山野嶺)
蕉岭 (蕉嶺)
蕉岭县 (蕉嶺縣)
铁岭市 (鐵嶺市)
长岭 (長嶺)
高岭土 (高嶺土)
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  • 307th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (Nan2)surname Nan
2. nán (nan2)south

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for nán (nan2)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for nán (nan2)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Medium Frequency

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南瓜 
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南部 
南开 (南開)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
西南 
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)
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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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