• 669th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)root • source • origin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuán (yuan2)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Uncommon

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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  • 174th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 274 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dài (dai4)to substitute • to act on behalf of others • to replace • generation • dynasty • age • period • (historical) era • (geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Uncommon

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代表性 
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
清代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

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  • 1343rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 112 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ma3)weight • number • code • to pile • to stack • classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ma3)The component is pronounced as '' (ma3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

密码 (密碼)
数码 (數碼)
码头 (碼頭)
筹码 (籌碼)
号码 (號碼)
起码 (起碼)

Uncommon

乱码 (亂碼)
代码 (代碼)
尺码 (尺碼)
条码 (條碼)
源代码 (源代碼)
码字 (碼字)
编码 (編碼)
解码 (解碼)

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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.