• 2203rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǎi (kai3)generous • sad

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

感慨 

Uncommon

慷慨 

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  • 1297th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tàn (tan4)to sigh • to gasp • to exclaim
2. tàn (tan4)variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

叹息 (嘆息)
感叹 (感嘆)

Uncommon

哀叹 (哀嘆)
唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣)
叹气 (嘆氣)
感叹号 (感嘆號)
慨叹 (慨嘆)
赞叹 (贊嘆)
长叹 (長嘆)
惊叹 (驚嘆)
惊叹号 (驚嘆號)

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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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