1. 檐
  2. 下

檐

Previous (赁)Next (饷)
  • 3096th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
檐→
木詹
2Radical
檐→
木tree⺈knife厂cliff八eight/divide言speech
3Graphical
檐→
一丨八⺈厂八一丶二口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)eaves • ledge or brim

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 檐 yán (yan2)The component 詹 is pronounced as 'zhān' (zhan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 檐 yán (yan2)The component 厂 is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 檐 yán (yan2)The component 言 is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

屋檐 (屋簷)

Uncommon

檐下 

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下

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Previous (着)Next (自)
  • 42nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
下→
一卜
2Radical
下→
一one卜divination
3Graphical
下→
一丨丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (xia4)down • downwards • below • lower • later • next (week etc) • second (of two parts) • to decline • to go down • to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

下 also appears in:
吓丐虾忑

Example Words

Common

一下 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Uncommon

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下场 (下場)
下属 (下屬)
下巴 
下手 
下班 
下课 (下課)
下跌 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
停下 
剩下 
地下 
坐下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
手下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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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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