• 447th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 63 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)to grind • study • research

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'dàn' (dan4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

研究 

Uncommon

研发 (研發)
研磨 
研究所 
研究生 
研究院 
研制 (研製)
科研 
考研 
调研 (調研)
钻研 (鑽研)

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  • 751st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòu (dou4)comma • phrase marked by pause
2. (du2)to read • to study • reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

读书 (讀書)
阅读 (閱讀)

Uncommon

宣读 (宣讀)
导读 (導讀)
就读 (就讀)
复读 (復讀)
朗读 (朗讀)
研读 (研讀)
精读 (精讀)
解读 (解讀)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
读报 (讀報)
读后感 (讀後感)
读懂 (讀懂)
读书人 (讀書人)
读书会 (讀書會)
读本 (讀本)
读物 (讀物)
读者 (讀者)
读音 (讀音)
重读 (重讀)
阅读器 (閱讀器)

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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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