Spot 男
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
男 component
nán · man, boy; male; baron; surname
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 男
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue男Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 男.
甥=
生
舅=
臼
虜=
虍
嬲=
+女
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 男 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
舅舅jiùjiu
mother's brother
HSK 3.0 · L6外甥wàishengsister's son
HSK 3.0 · L6外舅wài jiù外甥女wài sheng nǚsister's daughter
外甥女婿wài sheng nǚ xusister's daughter's husband
外甥媳妇wài sheng xí fùsister's son's wife
大舅子dà jiù zi嬲niǎoto tease, to play, to flirt
家舅jiā jiù小舅子xiǎo jiù zi甥女shēng nǚsister's daughter
甥shēngniece, nephew