Meta:

  1. 綢 is the 2629th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (field), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - (light) silk/CL:匹[pi3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 周 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
丝绸 (絲綢)

Medium Frequency

丝绸之路 (絲綢之路)
绸缎 (綢緞)
绸缪 (綢繆)

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Meta:

  1. 繆 is the 3280th most frequent character.
  2. has 5 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (feather), (human), (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Miao4 - surname Miao
  2. liao3 - old variant of 缭
  3. miao4 - mu (Greek letter Μμ)
  4. mou2 - to wind round
  5. mu4 - old variant of 穆[mu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 繆 (liao3): The component 翏 is pronounced as 'liu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 繆 (mu4): The component 羽 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)

Medium Frequency

塞缪尔 (塞繆爾)
绸缪 (綢繆)
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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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