1. 剪
  2. 掉

剪

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  1. 剪 is the 2222nd most frequent character.
  2. 剪 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 剪 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 剪 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
剪 => 前, 刀
Radical :
剪 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 月 (moon), 刂 (knife), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
剪 => 丷, 一, 冂, 二, 亅, 丨, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jian3 - surname Jian
  2. jian3 - scissors/shears/clippers/CL:把[ba3]/to cut with scissors/to trim/to wipe out or exterminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 剪 (jian3): The component 前 is pronounced as 'qian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剪 

Medium Frequency

剪刀 
剪成 
剪掉 
剪纸 (剪紙)
剪裁 
剪辑 (剪輯)

Appears In:

剪 also appears in:
谫

掉

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Meta:

  1. 掉 is the 847th most frequent character.
  2. 掉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掉 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 掉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掉 => 扌, 卓
Radical :
掉 => 扌 (hand), ⺊ (divination), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
掉 => 亅, 二, 丨, 一, 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. diao4 - to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap/to show off/to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掉 

Medium Frequency

丢掉 (丟掉)
删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
吃掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
忘掉 
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
改掉 
毁掉 (毀掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)
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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