• 1469th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)(door lock) key • key (on piano or keyboard)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

按键 (按鍵)
关键 (關鍵)

Uncommon

键盘 (鍵盤)
关键词 (關鍵詞)

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  • 1047th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 160 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pán (pan2)plate • dish • tray • board • to build • to coil • to check • to examine • to transfer (property) • to make over • classifier for food: dish, helping • to coil • classifier for coils of wire • classifier for games of chess

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for pán (pan2)The component is pronounced as 'bān' (ban1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pán (pan2)The component is pronounced as 'pán' (pan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

地盘 (地盤)
收盘 (收盤)
盘子 (盤子)
盘点 (盤點)
盘龙 (盤龍)
硬盘 (硬盤)
转盘 (轉盤)
键盘 (鍵盤)
开盘 (開盤)

Uncommon

中盘 (中盤)
优盘 (優盤)
光盘 (光盤)
全盘 (全盤)
冷盘 (冷盤)
出盘 (出盤)
崩盘 (崩盤)
底盘 (底盤)
拼盘 (拼盤)
收盘价 (收盤價)
方向盘 (方向盤)
棋盘 (棋盤)
椎间盘 (椎間盤)
楼盘 (樓盤)
满盘 (滿盤)
烤盘 (烤盤)
盘古 (盤古)
盘问 (盤問)
盘山 (盤山)
盘旋 (盤旋)
盘桓 (盤桓)
盘盘 (盤盤)
盘石 (盤石)
盘算 (盤算)
盘踞 (盤踞)
盘锦 (盤錦)
盘头 (盤頭)
算盘 (算盤)
罗盘 (羅盤)
胎盘 (胎盤)
表盘 (表盤)
轮盘 (輪盤)

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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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