• 1322nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)flame • inflammation • -itis

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

消炎 
炎亚纶 (炎亞綸)
炎症 
发炎 (發炎)
胃炎 
鼻炎 

Uncommon

中耳炎 
乳腺炎 
咽炎 
支气管炎 (支氣管炎)
气管炎 (氣管炎)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
炎夏 
炎帝 
炎炎 
炎热 (炎熱)
炎黄子孙 (炎黃子孫)
皮炎 
结膜炎 (結膜炎)
肝炎 
肺炎 
胰腺炎 
肾炎 (腎炎)
腮腺炎 
肠炎 (腸炎)
肠胃炎 (腸胃炎)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
关节炎 (關節炎)
阴道炎 (陰道炎)
鼻窦炎 (鼻竇炎)

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  • 1124th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (Xia4)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC • Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) • surname Xia
2. xià (xia4)summer

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

夏天 

Uncommon

初夏 
夏威夷 
夏娃 
夏季 
夏日 
夏河 
夏洛克 
宁夏 (寧夏)
春夏秋冬 
盛夏 
华夏 (華夏)

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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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