• 2744th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tán (Tan2)surname Tan
2. tán (tan2)deep pool • pond • pit (topolect) • depression

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

湘潭 
龙潭 (龍潭)

Uncommon

一潭死水 
平潭 
平潭县 (平潭縣)
日月潭 
水潭 
泥潭 
深潭 
潭柘寺 
潭水 
鹰潭 (鷹潭)

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  • 5519th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhè (zhe4)a thorny tree • sugarcane • Cudrania triloba • three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) • Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

潭柘寺 

Uncommon

柘荣 (柘榮)

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  • 1889th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si4)buddhist temple • mosque • government office (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

寺庙 (寺廟)
少林寺 

Uncommon

大昭寺 
寺院 
清真寺 
潭柘寺 
白马寺 (白馬寺)

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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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