• 567th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
lineNo glyph availableweapon/lance
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duàn (Duan4)surname Duan
2. duàn (duan4)paragraph • section • segment • stage (of a process) • classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

手段 
段子 
片段 
阶段 (階段)

Uncommon

不择手段 (不擇手段)
前段 
地段 
时段 (時段)
段落 
身段 
阶段性 (階段性)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.