• 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

今年 
 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 
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  • 1508th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠈌

Pinyin & Meaning

1. líng (ling2)age • length of experience, membership etc

Pronunciation Clues

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

年龄 (年齡)

Medium Frequency

保龄球 (保齡球)
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大龄 (大齡)
妙龄 (妙齡)
高龄 (高齡)
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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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