• 418th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)mythical beast (archaic)
2. (Li2)surname Li
3. (li2)to leave • to part from • to be away from • (in giving distances) from • without (sth) • independent of • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire • ☲

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
隔离 (隔離)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离婚 (離婚)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)
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  • 135th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)between • among • within a definite time or space • room • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars • classifier for rooms
2. jiàn (jian4)gap • to separate • to thin out (seedlings) • to sow discontent

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

之间 (之間)
夜间 (夜間)
房间 (房間)
时间 (時間)
瞬间 (瞬間)
空间 (空間)
 ()

Medium Frequency

世间 (世間)
中间 (中間)
人间 (人間)
晚间 (晚間)
期间 (期間)
民间 (民間)
突然间 (突然間)
卫生间 (衛生間)
开间 (開間)
间断 (間斷)
间谍 (間諜)
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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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