• 1188th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lán (Lan2)surname Lan
2. lán (lan2)blue • indigo plant

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

蓝天 (藍天)
蓝色 (藍色)
蓝调 (藍調)

Uncommon

天蓝色 (天藍色)
宝蓝 (寶藍)
板蓝根 (板藍根)
深蓝 (深藍)
湛蓝 (湛藍)
甘蓝 (甘藍)
碧蓝 (碧藍)
蔚蓝 (蔚藍)
蓝光 (藍光)
蓝图 (藍圖)
蓝宝石 (藍寶石)
蓝山 (藍山)
蓝本 (藍本)
蓝牙 (藍牙)
蓝田 (藍田)
蓝筹股 (藍籌股)
蓝精灵 (藍精靈)
蓝莓 (藍莓)
蓝领 (藍領)
蓝鲸 (藍鯨)

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  • 329th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 115 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǐng (ling3)neck • collar • to lead • to receive • classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'líng' (ling2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'lǐng' (ling3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for lǐng (ling3)The component is pronounced as 'lìng' (ling4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

带领 (帶領)
申领 (申領)
领取 (領取)
领导 (領導)

Uncommon

占领 (佔領)
圆领 (圓領)
引领 (引領)
本领 (本領)
率领 (率領)
白领 (白領)
认领 (認領)
领先 (領先)
领到 (領到)
领口 (領口)
领土 (領土)
领地 (領地)
领域 (領域)
领子 (領子)
领导人 (領導人)
领导者 (領導者)
领带 (領帶)
领悟 (領悟)
领奖 (領獎)
领略 (領略)
领袖 (領袖)
领养 (領養)
首领 (首領)

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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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