• 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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  • 2128th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ya1)duck • CL:隻|只[zhi1] • male prostitute (slang)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

鸭子 (鴨子)
鸭梨 (鴨梨)

Uncommon

唐老鸭 (唐老鴨)
板鸭 (板鴨)
烤鸭 (烤鴨)

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  • 1385th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 102 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dàn (dan4)egg • oval shaped • CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

彩蛋 
蛋糕 
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)

Uncommon

坏蛋 (壞蛋)
完蛋 
捣蛋 (搗蛋)
操蛋 
混蛋 
滚蛋 (滾蛋)
炒蛋 
王八蛋 
皮蛋 
笨蛋 
脸蛋 (臉蛋)
荷包蛋 
蛋挞 (蛋撻)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
蛋黄 (蛋黃)

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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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