• 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)

RareShow 1

#Back to top
  • 1712th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li4)grain • granule • classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

米粒 
粒子 
颗粒 (顆粒)

Uncommon

微粒 
沙粒 
谷粒 (穀粒)
细粒 (細粒)

RareShow 38

#Back to top
  • 1790th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǒng (zhong3)to swell • swelling • swollen

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhōng' (zhong1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

水肿 (水腫)
浮肿 (浮腫)
消肿 (消腫)
肿瘤 (腫瘤)

Uncommon

囊肿 (囊腫)
红肿 (紅腫)
肿块 (腫塊)
肿大 (腫大)
肿胀 (腫脹)
臃肿 (臃腫)
鼻青脸肿 (鼻青臉腫)

RareShow 23

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.