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  1. 螺 is the 2381st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (insect), (field), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠂉, , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. luo2 - spiral shell/snail/conch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海螺 
田螺 
螺旋 
螺丝 (螺絲)

Medium Frequency

螺旋桨 (螺旋槳)
螺旋藻 
螺栓 
螺母 
螺纹 (螺紋)
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
螺丝钉 (螺絲釘)
螺蛳 (螺螄)
陀螺 

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Meta:

  1. 旋 is the 1381st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (square/raft), 丿 (bend), (one), (bolt of cloth)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xuan2 - to revolve/a loop/a circle
  2. xuan4 - to whirl/immediately/variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

凯旋 (凱旋)
旋律 
旋转 (旋轉)

Medium Frequency

凯旋门 (凱旋門)
周旋 
回旋 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
旋涡 (旋渦)
旋风 (旋風)
盘旋 (盤旋)
螺旋 

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Meta:

  1. 藻 is the 2646th 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 :
=> (grass), (water), (N/A), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zao3 - aquatic grasses/elegant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 藻 (zao3): The component 澡 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 藻 (zao3): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海藻 

Medium Frequency

藻类 (藻類)
螺旋藻 
词藻 (詞藻)
辞藻 (辭藻)
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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