• 434th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 146 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
N/AoneNo glyph availableaxe
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duàn (duan4)to break • to snap • to cut off • to give up or abstain from sth • to judge • (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely,decidedly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

不断 (不斷)
果断 (果斷)

Uncommon

中断 (中斷)
切断 (切斷)
判断 (判斷)
判断力 (判斷力)
剪断 (剪斷)
割断 (割斷)
垄断 (壟斷)
打断 (打斷)
折断 (折斷)
挂断 (掛斷)
推断 (推斷)
斩断 (斬斷)
断奶 (斷奶)
断定 (斷定)
断断续续 (斷斷續續)
断桥 (斷橋)
断气 (斷氣)
断然 (斷然)
断章取义 (斷章取義)
断绝 (斷絕)
断线 (斷線)
断肠 (斷腸)
断裂 (斷裂)
断送 (斷送)
断电 (斷電)
武断 (武斷)
决断 (決斷)
源源不断 (源源不斷)
片断 (片斷)
藕断丝连 (藕斷絲連)
诊断 (診斷)
间断 (間斷)
阻断 (阻斷)
隔断 (隔斷)

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  • 698th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 179 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. céng (ceng2)layer • stratum • laminated • floor (of a building) • storey • classifier for layers • repeated • sheaf (math.)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for céng (ceng2)The component is pronounced as 'céng' (ceng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for céng (ceng2)The component is pronounced as 'zēng' (zeng1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

上层 (上層)
基层 (基層)
层出不穷 (層出不窮)
层层 (層層)
层次 (層次)
层面 (層面)
底层 (底層)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼层 (樓層)
深层 (深層)
阶层 (階層)
双层 (雙層)
云层 (雲層)
高层 (高層)

Uncommon

下层 (下層)
中层 (中層)
中间层 (中間層)
低层 (低層)
内层 (內層)
分层 (分層)
单层 (單層)
外层 (外層)
大气层 (大氣層)
夹层 (夾層)
层峦 (層巒)
层楼 (層樓)
层叠 (層疊)
层级 (層級)
层云 (層雲)
岩层 (岩層)
断层 (斷層)
煤层气 (煤層氣)
皮层 (皮層)
臭氧层 (臭氧層)
表层 (表層)
顶层 (頂層)
领导层 (領導層)

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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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