• 1406th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 67 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gān (Gan1)surname Gan • abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
2. gān (gan1)sweet • willing

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

心甘情愿 (心甘情願)
甘心 

Uncommon

不甘心 
同甘共苦 
心甘 
洋甘菊 
甘之如饴 (甘之如飴)
甘地 
甘孜 
甘于 (甘於)
甘油 
甘泉 
甘甜 
甘肃 (甘肅)
甘肃省 (甘肅省)
甘苦 
甘草 
甘蔗 
甘蓝 (甘藍)
甘愿 (甘願)
苦尽甘来 (苦盡甘來)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)

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  • 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 821 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

地主 
地址 
地方 
地铁 (地鐵)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地中海 
地久天长 (地久天長)
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地平线 (地平線)
地心 
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地处 (地處)
地质 (地質)
地道 
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
境地 
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
征地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
所在地 
扫地 (掃地)
故地 
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
湿地 (濕地)
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
荒地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
开天辟地 (開天闢地)
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)

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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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