Meta:

  1. 掌 is the 888th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (small), (cover), (mouth), (hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhang3 - palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to wield

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
掌控 

Medium Frequency

仙人掌 
八卦掌 
巴掌 
手掌 
掌心 
掌握 
掌柜 (掌櫃)
掌声 (掌聲)
熊掌 
脚掌 (腳掌)
鼓掌 

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Meta:

  1. 柜 is the 1991st most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (box), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gui4 - variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]
  2. ju3 - Salix multinervis
  3. gui4 - cupboard/cabinet/wardrobe

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 柜 (ju3): The component 巨 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 柜 (ju3): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
衣柜 (衣櫃)

Medium Frequency

保险柜 (保險櫃)
出柜 (出櫃)
床头柜 (床頭櫃)
掌柜 (掌櫃)
书柜 (書櫃)
柜子 (櫃子)
柜台 (櫃檯)
橱柜 (櫥櫃)
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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