• 4701st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)graupel • snow pellet • soft hail

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

霰弹枪 (霰彈槍)

Uncommon

霰粒肿 (霰粒腫)

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  • 631st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 168 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dàn (dan4)crossball • bullet • shot • shell • ball
2. tán (tan2)to pluck (a string) • to play (a string instrument) • to spring or leap • to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) • (of cotton) to fluff or tease • to flick • to flip • to accuse • to impeach • elastic (of materials)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dàn (dan4)The component is pronounced as 'dān' (dan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for tán (tan2)The component is pronounced as 'dān' (dan1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

反弹 (反彈)
子弹 (子彈)
弹出 (彈出)
弹力 (彈力)
弹性 (彈性)
弹琴 (彈琴)
炸弹 (炸彈)

Uncommon

中弹 (中彈)
催泪弹 (催淚彈)
动弹 (動彈)
动弹不得 (動彈不得)
原子弹 (原子彈)
实弹 (實彈)
导弹 (導彈)
弹丸 (彈丸)
弹匣 (彈匣)
弹唱 (彈唱)
弹奏 (彈奏)
弹弓 (彈弓)
弹指 (彈指)
弹牙 (彈牙)
弹珠 (彈珠)
弹尽粮绝 (彈盡糧絕)
弹簧 (彈簧)
弹药 (彈藥)
弹跳 (彈跳)
弹道 (彈道)
弹雨 (彈雨)
弹头 (彈頭)
手榴弹 (手榴彈)
核弹 (核彈)
炮弹 (炮彈)
照明弹 (照明彈)
防弹 (防彈)

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  • 872nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (Qiang1)surname Qiang
2. qiāng (qiang1)gun • firearm • rifle • spear • thing with shape or function similar to a gun • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] • to substitute for another person in a test • to knock • classifier for rifle shots

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

手枪 (手槍)
枪口 (槍口)
枪战 (槍戰)
枪手 (槍手)
枪击 (槍擊)
枪击案 (槍擊案)
枪毙 (槍斃)
机枪 (機槍)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
开枪 (開槍)

Uncommon

中枪 (中槍)
冷枪 (冷槍)
刀枪 (刀槍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
打枪 (打槍)
枪崩 (槍崩)
枪支 (槍支)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
枪械 (槍械)
枪杀 (槍殺)
枪决 (槍決)
枪法 (槍法)
枪版 (槍版)
枪炮 (槍砲)
枪声 (槍聲)
机关枪 (機關槍)
步枪 (步槍)
水枪 (水槍)
火枪 (火槍)
火枪手 (火槍手)
烟枪 (煙槍)
猎枪 (獵槍)
真刀真枪 (真刀真槍)
荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈)
冲锋枪 (衝鋒槍)
长枪 (長槍)
鸣枪 (鳴槍)

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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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