• 76th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kān (kan1)to look after • to take care of • to watch • to guard
2. kàn (kan4)to see • to look at • to read • to watch • to consider • to regard as • to view as • to treat as • to judge • (after repeated verb) to give it a try • depending on (how you're judging) • to visit • to call on • to treat (an illness) • to look after • Watch out! (for a danger)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

好看 
查看 
看来 (看來)
看书 (看書)
看看 
看见 (看見)
观看 (觀看)
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  • 427th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 142 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bìng (bing4)illness • CL:場|场[chang2] • disease • to fall ill • defect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bìng (bing4)The component is pronounced as 'bǐng' (bing3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

毛病 
生病 
疾病 
 
病人 
病毒 
神经病 (神經病)

Medium Frequency

传染病 (傳染病)
冠心病 
大病 
小病 
心病 
心脏病 (心臟病)
性病 
患病 
治病 
犯病 
生老病死 
病例 
病倒 
病假 
病入膏肓 
病危 
病友 
病史 
病因 
病床 
病患 
病情 
病态 (病態)
病房 
病历 (病歷)
病死 
病毒性 
病理 
病症 
病痛 
病菌 
病号 (病號)
病变 (病變)
病逝 
病重 
病院 
病魔 
发病 (發病)
发病率 (發病率)
白血病 
皮肤病 (皮膚病)
看病 
精神病 
糖尿病 
职业病 (職業病)
肝病 
胃病 
致病 
艾滋病 
通病 
重病 
颈椎病 (頸椎病)
养病 (養病)
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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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