• 2624th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
sun/dayoneNo glyph available鹿deer
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shài (shai4)to dry in the sun • to sunbathe • to share files (loan from "share")

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

晒晒 (曬曬)
防晒 (防曬)

Uncommon

暴晒 (暴曬)
曝晒 (曝曬)
晒干 (曬乾)
晒伤 (曬傷)
晒黑 (曬黑)
防晒霜 (防曬霜)

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  • 1996th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qián (Qian2)surname Qian
2. qián (qian2)one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven • male principle • ☰
3. gān (Gan1)surname Gan
4. gān (gan1)dry • clean • in vain • dried food • foster • adoptive • to ignore

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qián (qian2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

乾坤 

Uncommon

乾陵 
乾隆 

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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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