沿

  • 1180th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
沿
No glyph available
3Graphical
沿
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)along • following (a line)
2. yàn (yan4)riverside (often with 兒|儿 erhua)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

沿着 (沿著)
沿途 

Medium Frequency

前沿 
沿 
沿岸 
沿江 
沿海 
沿线 (沿線)
沿路 
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  • 969th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. àn (an4)bank • shore • beach • coast • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
海岸 

Medium Frequency

上岸 
南岸 
口岸 
对岸 (對岸)
左岸 
彼岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
靠岸 
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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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