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  1. 萎 is the 2751st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (grain), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei1 - spiritless/withered
  2. wei3 - wither

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 萎 (wei1): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 萎 (wei1): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 萎 (wei3): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 萎 (wei3): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

枯萎 

Medium Frequency

萎缩 (萎縮)
萎靡 
萎靡不振 

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Meta:

  1. 缩 is the 1302nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 宿
Radical :
=> (silk), (roof), (human), (one), (white)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo1 - to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 宿 is pronounced as 'su4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
 ()
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Medium Frequency

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)
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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