Meta:

  1. 掩 is the 1512th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (big), (sun/day), (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan3 - to cover up/to close/to surprise

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 掩 (yan3): The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 掩 (yan3): The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yan3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 掩 (yan3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掩盖 (掩蓋)
掩饰 (掩飾)

Medium Frequency

 
掩埋 
掩藏 
掩护 (掩護)
遮掩 

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Meta:

  1. 蓋 is the 1050th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (earth), (private), (dish)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ge3 - surname Ge
  2. gai4 - lid/top/cover/canopy/to cover/to conceal/to build

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
 ()
覆盖 (覆蓋)

Medium Frequency

加盖 (加蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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