• 873rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. quē (que1)deficiency • lack • scarce • vacant post • to run short of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

缺乏 
缺少 
缺点 (缺點)

Uncommon

不可或缺 
欠缺 
残缺 (殘缺)
缺口 
缺失 
缺席 
缺德 
缺憾 
缺氧 
缺货 (缺貨)
缺陷 

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  • 603rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qián (Qian2)surname Qian
2. qián (qian2)coin • money • CL:筆|笔[bi3] • unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qián (qian2)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

值钱 (值錢)
价钱 (價錢)
挣钱 (掙錢)
有钱 (有錢)
有钱人 (有錢人)
金钱 (金錢)
钱包 (錢包)

Uncommon

交钱 (交錢)
付钱 (付錢)
取钱 (取錢)
压岁钱 (壓歲錢)
存钱 (存錢)
工钱 (工錢)
本钱 (本錢)
缺钱 (缺錢)
花钱 (花錢)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
钱塘江 (錢塘江)
钱夹 (錢夾)
钱币 (錢幣)
钱袋 (錢袋)
钱财 (錢財)
零花钱 (零花錢)

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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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