• 1882nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)salt • CL:粒[li4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
无机盐 (無機鹽)
食盐 (食鹽)
盐城 (鹽城)
盐水 (鹽水)

Uncommon

浴盐 (浴鹽)
海盐 (海鹽)
海盐县 (海鹽縣)
硝酸盐 (硝酸鹽)
粗盐 (粗鹽)
钾盐 (鉀鹽)
盐度 (鹽度)
盐津 (鹽津)
盐湖 (鹽湖)
盐湖城 (鹽湖城)
盐源 (鹽源)
盐田 (鹽田)
盐田区 (鹽田區)
盐酸 (鹽酸)

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  • 916th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 166 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (hu2)lake • CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (hu2)The component is pronounced as '' (hu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (hu2)The component is pronounced as '' (hu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

江湖 
湖南 

Uncommon

五湖四海 
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南湖 
天鹅湖 (天鵝湖)
太湖 
巢湖 
平湖 
东湖 (東湖)
洞庭湖 
淡水湖 
湖北 
湖北省 
湖南省 
湖州 
湖泊 
湖滨 (湖濱)
湖边 (湖邊)
湖里区 (湖里區)
泸沽湖 (瀘沽湖)
罗湖 (羅湖)
罗湖区 (羅湖區)
芜湖 (蕪湖)
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
鄱阳湖 (鄱陽湖)
青海湖 
龙湖 (龍湖)

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  • 413th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (cheng2)city walls • city • town • CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chéng (cheng2)The component is pronounced as 'chéng' (cheng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

城市 

Uncommon

京城 
倾城 (傾城)
全城 
南城 
古城 
商城 
围城 (圍城)
城区 (城區)
城堡 
城府 
城墙 (城牆)
城管 
城乡 (城鄉)
城镇 (城鎮)
增城 
山城 
攻城 
新城 
曼城 
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
满城 (滿城)
省城 
禅城区 (禪城區)
县城 (縣城)
西城区 (西城區)
费城 (費城)
进城 (進城)
达坂城 (達坂城)
长城 (長城)
双城 (雙城)
韩城 (韓城)
盐城 (鹽城)
龙城 (龍城)

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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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