1. 垂
  2. 直

垂

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  1. 垂 is the 1590th most frequent character.
  2. 垂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 垂 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 垂 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
垂 => No glyph available, 艹
Radical :
垂 => ㇒ (N/A), 十 (ten), 士 (scholar), 艹 (grass)
Graphical :
垂 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 艹

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui2 - to hang (down)/droop/dangle/bend down/hand down/bequeath/nearly/almost/to approach

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下垂 
垂直 

Medium Frequency

低垂 
功败垂成 (功敗垂成)
垂下 
垂危 
垂感 
垂死 
垂涎 
垂涎欲滴 
垂泪 (垂淚)
垂钓 (垂釣)
垂青 
垂头丧气 (垂頭喪氣)
永垂不朽 
耳垂 
胃下垂 

Appears In:

垂 also appears in:
睡锤唾捶陲缍棰箠腄郵諈菙

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Meta:

  1. 直 is the 255th most frequent character.
  2. 直 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 直 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 直 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
直 => 十, No glyph available
Radical :
直 => 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
直 => 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi2 - surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. zhi2 - straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一直 
直 
直接 
直播 

Medium Frequency

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

Appears In:

直 also appears in:
值置植殖矗埴禃稙
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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