• 3260th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hōng (hong1)to bake • to heat by fire • to set off by contrast

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hōng (hong1)The component is pronounced as 'gòng' (gong4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for hōng (hong1)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

烘焙 

Uncommon

暖烘烘 
烘干 (烘乾)
烘干机 (烘乾機)
烘托 
烘烤 

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  • 1996th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qián (Qian2)surname Qian
2. qián (qian2)one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven • male principle • ☰
3. gān (Gan1)surname Gan
4. gān (gan1)dry • clean • in vain • dried food • foster • adoptive • to ignore

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qián (qian2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

乾坤 

Uncommon

乾陵 
乾隆 

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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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