1. 櫛

櫛

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  1. 櫛 is the 4626th most frequent character.
  2. 櫛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 櫛 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 櫛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
櫛 => 木, 節
Radical :
櫛 => 木 (tree), ⺮ (bamboo), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 卩 (seal)
Graphical :
櫛 => 一, 丨, 八, ⺮, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丨, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - comb out/weed out, eliminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 櫛 (zhi4): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 櫛 (zhi4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鳞次栉比 (鱗次櫛比)

Medium Frequency

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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