• 2520th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)salted • salty • stingy • miserly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xián (xian2)The component is pronounced as 'xián' (xian2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

咸菜 (鹹菜)
咸鱼 (鹹魚)

Uncommon

咸水 (鹹水)
咸水湖 (鹹水湖)
咸淡 (鹹淡)
咸肉 (鹹肉)
咸鸭蛋 (鹹鴨蛋)

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  • 1007th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ròu (rou4)meat • flesh • pulp (of a fruit)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ròu (rou4)The component is pronounced as 'ròu' (rou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

烤肉 
牛肉 
羊肉 
肉体 (肉體)
肌肉 
猪肉 (豬肉)
鸡肉 (雞肉)

Uncommon

五花肉 
回锅肉 (回鍋肉)
大鱼大肉 (大魚大肉)
心惊肉跳 (心驚肉跳)
东坡肉 (東坡肉)
果肉 
卤肉 (滷肉)
炖肉 (燉肉)
牛肉干 (牛肉乾)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
狗肉 
生肉 
瘦肉 
瘦肉精 
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
羊肉串 
肉丸 
肉末 
肉桂 
肉汤 (肉湯)
肉片 
肉眼 
肉丝 (肉絲)
肉质 (肉質)
肉身 
肉酱 (肉醬)
肉类 (肉類)
肉食 
肉饼 (肉餅)
肉馅 (肉餡)
肉松 (肉鬆)
肉麻 
肥肉 
血肉 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
赘肉 (贅肉)
食肉 
骨肉 

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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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