1. 刹

刹

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  1. 刹 is the 2244th most frequent character.
  2. 刹 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 刹 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 刹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
刹 => 杀, 刂
Radical :
刹 => 乂 (N/A), 十 (ten), 小 (small), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
刹 => 乂, 一, 丨, 亅, 八, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cha4 - Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅, Sanskrit ksetra)
  2. sha1 - to brake

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 刹 (cha4): The component 杀 is pronounced as 'sha1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 刹 (sha1): The component 杀 is pronounced as 'sha1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 刹 (sha1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

刹车 (剎車)
刹那 (剎那)

Medium Frequency

什刹海 (什剎海)
古刹 (古剎)
急刹车 (急剎車)
罗刹 (羅剎)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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