1. 吹
  2. 嘘

吹

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  1. 吹 is the 1388th most frequent character.
  2. 吹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 吹 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 吹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吹 => 口, 欠
Radical :
吹 => 口 (mouth), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
吹 => 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui1 - to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吹 

Medium Frequency

吹干 (吹乾)
吹冷风 (吹冷風)
吹嘘 (吹噓)
吹捧 
吹散 
吹毛求疵 
吹牛 
吹风机 (吹風機)
电吹风 (電吹風)

嘘

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  1. 嘘 is the 2967th most frequent character.
  2. 嘘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嘘 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 嘘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嘘 => 口, 虚
Radical :
嘘 => 口 (mouth), 虍 (tiger stripes), No glyph available, 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one)
Graphical :
嘘 => 口, 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 丨, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu1 - to exhale slowly/to hiss/hush!

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嘘 (xu1): The component 虚 is pronounced as 'xu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嘘 (xu1): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 嘘 (xu1): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

唏嘘 (唏噓)
嘘 (噓)

Medium Frequency

吹嘘 (吹噓)
嘘嘘 (噓噓)
嘘声 (噓聲)
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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