1. 乾
  2. 澀

乾

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Meta:

  1. 乾 is the 1996th most frequent character.
  2. 乾 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 乾 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 乾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乾 => 龺, 乞
Radical :
乾 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), ㇠ (N/A)
Graphical :
乾 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qian2 - surname Qian
  2. qian2 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰
  3. Gan1 - surname Gan
  4. gan1 - dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 乾 (qian2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

乾坤 

Medium Frequency

乾陵 
乾隆 

澀

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Meta:

  1. 澀 is the 2830th most frequent character.
  2. 澀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 澀 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 澀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
澀 => 氵, 歰
Radical :
澀 => 氵 (water), 歰 (N/A)
Graphical :
澀 => ⺀, ㇀, 歰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. se4 - astringent/tart/acerbity/unsmooth/rough (surface)/hard to understand/obscure

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 澀 (se4): The component 歰 is pronounced as 'se4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

羞涩 (羞澀)
苦涩 (苦澀)

Medium Frequency

干涩 (乾澀)
酸涩 (酸澀)
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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