• 281st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 318 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎn (yan3)eye • small hole • crux (of a matter) • CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] • classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

眼前 
眼泪 (眼淚)
眼睛 
眼神 
眼镜 (眼鏡)

Uncommon

一眼 
不起眼 
干瞪眼 (乾瞪眼)
傻眼 
冷眼 
刺眼 
合眼 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
字眼 
小心眼 
心眼 
挑花眼 
抢眼 (搶眼)
放眼 
满眼 (滿眼)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
白眼 
眉眼 
眨眼 
眨眼睛 
眼下 
眼光 
眼力 
眼圈 
眼巴巴 
眼影 
眼熟 
眼珠 
眼球 
眼界 
眼皮 
眼看 
眼眶 
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜)
眼睑 (眼瞼)
眼科 
眼帘 (眼簾)
眼红 (眼紅)
眼线 (眼線)
眼罩 
眼花 
眼药水 (眼藥水)
眼袋 
眼见 (眼見)
眼角 
睁眼 (睜眼)
瞎眼 
耀眼 
着眼 (著眼)
亲眼 (親眼)
猫眼 (貓眼)
转眼 (轉眼)
开眼 (開眼)
双眼 (雙眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
电眼 (電眼)
顺眼 (順眼)
显眼 (顯眼)
龙眼 (龍眼)

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  • 153rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 60 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to see • to meet • to appear (to be sth) • to interview
2. xiàn (xian4)to appear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiōng' (jiong1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

再见 (再見)
梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
听见 (聽見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Uncommon

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
回见 (回見)
常见 (常見)
接见 (接見)
撞见 (撞見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
眼见 (眼見)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见习生 (見習生)
见闻 (見聞)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
远见 (遠見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

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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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