• 477th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niàn (nian4)to read • to study (a degree course) • to read aloud • to miss (sb) • idea • remembrance • twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for niàn (nian4)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

思念 
想念 
怀念 (懷念)
纪念 (紀念)

Uncommon

信念 
念叨 
念念不忘 
念书 (念書)
念头 (念頭)
悬念 (懸念)
挂念 (掛念)
概念 
理念 
留念 
纪念日 (紀念日)
观念 (觀念)
默念 

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  • 913th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiù (jiu4)old • opposite: new 新 • former • worn (with age)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

依旧 (依舊)
怀旧 (懷舊)

Uncommon

仍旧 (仍舊)
个旧 (個舊)
废旧 (廢舊)
念旧 (念舊)
恋旧 (戀舊)
折旧 (折舊)
叙旧 (敘舊)
照旧 (照舊)
破旧 (破舊)
老旧 (老舊)
旧事 (舊事)
旧友 (舊友)
旧地 (舊地)
旧址 (舊址)
旧年 (舊年)
旧情 (舊情)
旧日 (舊日)
旧时 (舊時)
旧历 (舊曆)
旧书 (舊書)
旧版 (舊版)
旧物 (舊物)
旧账 (舊賬)
旧金山 (舊金山)
陈旧 (陳舊)

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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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