1. 歉

歉

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  1. 歉 is the 2144th most frequent character.
  2. 歉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 歉 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 歉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
歉 => 兼, 欠
Radical :
歉 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), No glyph available, 八 (eight/divide), ⺕ (pig snout), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
歉 => 丷, 一, 丨, 八, 匚, 一, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian4 - to apologize/to regret/deficient

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 歉 (qian4): The component 兼 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 歉 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

抱歉 
道歉 
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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