• 1543rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (Yan2)surname Yan
2. yán (yan2)color • face • countenance
3. yán (yan2)Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yàn' (yan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as '' (ye4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
颜色 (顏色)

Medium Frequency

五颜六色 (五顏六色)
容颜 (容顏)
汗颜 (汗顏)
红颜 (紅顏)
素颜 (素顏)
颜料 (顏料)
颜面 (顏面)
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  • 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
真心 

Medium Frequency

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
真实 (真實)
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真正 
真理 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
纯真 (純真)
认真 (認真)
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  • 2025th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qīng (qing1)high ranking official (old) • term of endearment between spouses (old) • (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) • honorific (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

国务卿 (國務卿)
颜真卿 (顏真卿)

Medium Frequency

 
关汉卿 (關漢卿)
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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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