• 3066th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
广No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gēng (geng1)age • seventh of the 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干 • seventh in order • letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc • hepta

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gēng (geng1)The component 广 is pronounced as 'guǎng' (guang3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

年庚 
 
庚午 
庚子 
庚戌 
庚申 
庚辰 
华罗庚 (華羅庚)
长庚 (長庚)
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  • 2312th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chén (chen2)5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chén (chen2)The component is pronounced as 'chǎng' (chang3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for chén (chen2)The component is pronounced as 'chén' (chen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

壬辰 
星辰 

Medium Frequency

北辰 
时辰 (時辰)
生辰 
诞辰 (誕辰)
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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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