• 4936th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi4)feather screen • to screen • to shade • cataract

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi4)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Uncommon

翳眼 

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  • 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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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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