• 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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  • 669th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)root • source • origin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuán (yuan2)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Uncommon

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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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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