• 3740th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bìn (bin4)temples • hair on the temples

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bìn (bin4)The component is pronounced as 'bīn' (bin1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for bìn (bin4)The component is pronounced as 'biāo' (biao1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for bìn (bin4)The component is pronounced as 'bīng' (bing1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

鬓角 (鬢角)

Uncommon

耳鬓厮磨 (耳鬢廝磨)
鬓毛 (鬢毛)
鬓发 (鬢髮)

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  • 623rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. máo (Mao2)surname Mao
2. máo (mao2)hair • feather • down • wool • mildew • mold • coarse or semifinished • young • raw • careless • unthinking • nervous • scared • (of currency) to devalue or depreciate • classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = 1 • 10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for máo (mao2)The component is pronounced as 'máo' (mao2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

毛毛 
毛病 
毛衣 
羊毛 

Uncommon

吹毛求疵 
毛主席 
毛孔 
毛巾 
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
毛毛雨 
毛毯 
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
毛皮 
毛笔 (毛筆)
毛线 (毛線)
毛茸茸 
毛豆 
毛驴 (毛驢)
毛骨悚然 
毛发 (毛髮)
发毛 (發毛)
皮毛 
眉毛 
睫毛 
睫毛膏 
羽毛 
羽毛球 
鸡毛 (雞毛)
鹅毛 (鵝毛)
鹅毛大雪 (鵝毛大雪)

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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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