• 1645th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)difficult • hard • hardship

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

艰巨 (艱巨)
艰难 (艱難)

Uncommon

艰苦 (艱苦)
艰辛 (艱辛)

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  • 911th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
boxNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ju4)very large • huge • tremendous • gigantic

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

巨蟹 
巨蟹座 

Uncommon

巨人 
巨型 
巨大 
巨星 
巨头 (巨頭)
艰巨 (艱巨)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.