• 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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  • 224th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 248 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (nu:3)female • woman • daughter
2. (ru3)archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (nu:3)The component is pronounced as '' (nu:3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ru3)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

女人 
女孩 
女生 
美女 

Uncommon

仙女 
儿女 (兒女)
女仆 (女僕)
女儿 (女兒)
女友 
女士 
女婿 
女娲 (女媧)
女子 
女性 
女星 
女朋友 
女王 
女皇 
女神 
女装 (女裝)
女郎 
侄女 (姪女)
妇女 (婦女)
子女 
宅女 
少女 
歌女 
淑女 
男女 
织女 (織女)
处女 (處女)
闺女 (閨女)
靓女 (靚女)
魔女 

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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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