• 918th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ye4)surname Ye
2. (ye4)leaf • page • lobe • (historical) period

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

茶叶 (茶葉)
 ()
叶子 (葉子)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)
枝叶 (枝葉)
枯叶 (枯葉)
枫叶 (楓葉)
树叶 (樹葉)
百叶窗 (百葉窗)
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
粗枝大叶 (粗枝大葉)
红叶 (紅葉)
绿叶 (綠葉)
茶叶蛋 (茶葉蛋)
落叶 (落葉)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
叶问 (葉問)
叶片 (葉片)
叶酸 (葉酸)
香叶 (香葉)
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  • 455th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 100 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piān (pian1)disc • sheet
2. piàn (pian4)thin piece • flake • a slice • film • TV play • to slice • to carve thin • partial • incomplete • one-sided • classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water • classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc • used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for piān (pian1)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for piān (pian1)The component is pronounced as 'piàn' (pian4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for piàn (pian4)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for piàn (pian4)The component is pronounced as 'piàn' (pian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

图片 (圖片)
照片 
 

Medium Frequency

一片 
切片 
动画片 (動畫片)
卡片 
唱片 
大片 
影片 
恐怖片 
明信片 
片刻 
片子 
片段 
相片 
短片 
碎片 
芯片 
薯片 
预告片 (預告片)
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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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