• 1871st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tān (tan1)to have a voracious desire for • to covet • greedy • corrupt

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

贪婪 (貪婪)
贪官 (貪官)
贪心 (貪心)
贪污 (貪污)
贪玩 (貪玩)

Uncommon

贪吃 (貪吃)
贪图 (貪圖)
贪得无厌 (貪得無厭)
贪欲 (貪慾)
贪恋 (貪戀)
贪杯 (貪杯)
贪腐 (貪腐)
贪财 (貪財)
起早贪黑 (起早貪黑)

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  • 432nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guān (Guan1)surname Guan
2. guān (guan1)official • government • organ of body • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

官员 (官員)
官方 

Uncommon

五官 
做官 
判官 
升官 
器官 
官僚 
官兵 
官司 
官场 (官場)
官府 
官渡 
客官 
性器官 
感官 
收官 
教官 
检察官 (檢察官)
法官 
清官 
看官 
考官 
芝麻官 
警官 
贪官 (貪官)
军官 (軍官)
长官 (長官)
高官 

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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.