• 998th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǐng (ding3)apex • crown of the head • top • roof • to carry on the head • to push to the top • to go against • most • to replace • to substitute • classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc • to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile (internet slang)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǐng (ding3)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

屋顶 (屋頂)
山顶 (山頂)
顶住 (頂住)
顶多 (頂多)
顶级 (頂級)

Uncommon

封顶 (封頂)
平顶山 (平頂山)
房顶 (房頂)
楼顶 (樓頂)
机顶盒 (機頂盒)
秃顶 (禿頂)
车顶 (車頂)
透顶 (透頂)
醍醐灌顶 (醍醐灌頂)
顶上 (頂上)
顶呱呱 (頂呱呱)
顶嘴 (頂嘴)
顶天立地 (頂天立地)
顶尖 (頂尖)
顶层 (頂層)
顶峰 (頂峰)
顶撞 (頂撞)
顶替 (頂替)
顶楼 (頂樓)
顶灯 (頂燈)
顶班 (頂班)
顶用 (頂用)
顶端 (頂端)
顶部 (頂部)
顶风 (頂風)
顶点 (頂點)
头顶 (頭頂)

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  • 1113th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dēng (deng1)lamp • light • lantern • CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dēng (deng1)The component is pronounced as 'dēng' (deng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for dēng (deng1)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Uncommon

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
幻灯片 (幻燈片)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯管 (燈管)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
聚光灯 (聚光燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

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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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