• 602nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)male • Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

男人 

Uncommon

男儿 (男兒)
男友 
男士 
男女 
男子 
男孩 
男性 
男朋友 
男生 
男装 (男裝)

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  • 594th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 89 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǒu (you3)friend

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǒu (you3)The component is pronounced as 'yòu' (you4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

好友 
朋友 

Uncommon

交友 
友情 
友谊 (友誼)
女友 
女朋友 
小朋友 
男友 
男朋友 
网友 (網友)
亲朋好友 (親朋好友)

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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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