• 1551st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rán (ran2)to burn • to ignite • to light • fig. to spark off (hopes) • to start (debate) • to raise (hopes)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for rán (ran2)The component is pronounced as 'rán' (ran2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

燃放 
燃烧 (燃燒)
燃起 
点燃 (點燃)

Uncommon

燃料 
燃气 (燃氣)
燃油 
燃烧瓶 (燃燒瓶)
自燃 

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  • 1199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
fireNo glyph availableonelegs
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)to burn • to cook • to stew • to bake • to roast • fever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

燃烧 (燃燒)
烧烤 (燒烤)
发烧 (發燒)

Uncommon

串烧 (串燒)
低烧 (低燒)
叉烧 (叉燒)
火烧 (火燒)
烧伤 (燒傷)
烧掉 (燒掉)
烧水 (燒水)
烧火 (燒火)
烧焦 (燒焦)
烧纸 (燒紙)
烧卖 (燒賣)
烧酒 (燒酒)
烧开 (燒開)
烧饼 (燒餅)
烧香 (燒香)
烧麦 (燒麥)
发烧友 (發燒友)
红烧 (紅燒)
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
退烧 (退燒)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
高烧 (高燒)

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  • 1701st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. píng (ping2)bottle • vase • pitcher • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for wine and liquids

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for píng (ping2)The component is pronounced as 'bìng' (bing4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

水瓶座 

Uncommon

吊瓶 
奶瓶 
瓶子 
瓶颈 (瓶頸)
花瓶 

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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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