• 985th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (Yin1)surname Yin
2. yīn (yin1)overcast (weather) • cloudy • shady • Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) • negative (electric.) • feminine • moon • implicit • hidden • genitalia

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yīn (yin1)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

光阴 (光陰)
阴冷 (陰冷)
阴天 (陰天)
阴影 (陰影)
阴暗 (陰暗)
阴谋 (陰謀)
阴霾 (陰霾)

Uncommon

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
平阴 (平陰)
江阴 (江陰)
江阴市 (江陰市)
阴功 (陰功)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴性 (陰性)
阴暗面 (陰暗面)
阴历 (陰曆)
阴森 (陰森)
阴沉 (陰沉)
阴凉 (陰涼)
阴湿 (陰濕)
阴笑 (陰笑)
阴茎 (陰莖)
阴虚 (陰虛)
阴谋论 (陰謀論)
阴道 (陰道)
阴道炎 (陰道炎)
阴部 (陰部)
阴间 (陰間)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阴险 (陰險)
阴云 (陰雲)
阴风 (陰風)
阴郁 (陰鬱)

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  • 346th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiào (xiao4)laugh • smile • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

微笑 
搞笑 
笑容 
笑话 (笑話)

Uncommon

偷笑 
傻笑 
冷笑 
可笑 
哈哈大笑 
嘲笑 
大笑 
好笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑谈 (笑談)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)

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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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