HanziCraft - Information on 犀,牛

犀
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犀

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犀 is the 3483rd most frequent character.
犀 has 1 dictionary entry.
犀 appears as a character in 5 words.
犀 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

犀 => No glyph available, 牛

Radical :

犀 => 尸 (corpse), 氺 (water), 牛 (cow)

Graphical :

犀 => 丨, 匚, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

xi1 - rhinoceros/sharp

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 犀 (xi1): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

灵犀 (靈犀)

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犀 also appears in:

牛

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牛 is the 1016th most frequent character.
牛 has 2 dictionary entries.
牛 appears as a character in 78 words.
牛 appears as a component in 78 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

牛 => No glyph available, ㇒

Radical :

牛 => 牛 (cow)

Graphical :

牛 => 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

Niu2 - surname Niu
niu2 - ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]/(slang) awesome

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 牛 (niu2): The component 牛 is pronounced as 'niu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

牛仔裤 (牛仔褲)

牛肉面 (牛肉麵)

蒙牛 (矇牛)

蜗牛 (蝸牛)

黄牛 (黃牛)

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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