• 2616th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fān (fan1)a fence (for defense) • a pale • a border • vassal state • feudatory • han, a province under a feudal overlord in premodern Japan

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

曾国藩 (曾國藩)

Uncommon

三藩市 
藩篱 (藩籬)
藩镇 (藩鎮)

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  • 3152nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)a fence

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (li2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

寄人篱下 (寄人籬下)
篱笆 (籬笆)

Uncommon

藩篱 (藩籬)

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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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