• 1945th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 82 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiàn (qian4)deficient • to owe • to lack • yawn

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qiàn (qian4)The component is pronounced as 'qiàn' (qian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

欠费 (欠費)

Uncommon

哈欠 
拖欠 
欠佳 
欠债 (欠債)
欠扁 
欠揍 
欠缺 
欠薪 
亏欠 (虧欠)

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  • 1735th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 18 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piān (Pian1)surname Pian
2. biǎn (bian3)flat • (old form of character 匾, horizontal tablet with inscription)
3. piān (pian1)small boat
4. piān (pian1)Polygonum aviculare (knot weed)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

压扁 (壓扁)
扁豆 

Uncommon

扁平 
扁担 (扁擔)
扁桃 
扁桃腺 
扁桃体 (扁桃體)
扁舟 
欠扁 
海扁 
看扁 
陈水扁 (陳水扁)

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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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