1. 尖
  2. 沙
  3. 咀

尖

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  1. 尖 is the 1319th most frequent character.
  2. 尖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 尖 appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. 尖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尖 => 小, 大
Radical :
尖 => 小 (small), 大 (big)
Graphical :
尖 => 亅, 八, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - point (of needle)/sharp/shrewd/pointed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尖 
尖叫 

Medium Frequency

尖刀 
尖刻 
尖尖 
尖椒 
尖沙咀 
尖端 
尖锐 (尖銳)
指尖 
笔尖 (筆尖)
脚尖 (腳尖)
舌尖 
顶尖 (頂尖)
鼻尖 

沙

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Meta:

  1. 沙 is the 846th most frequent character.
  2. 沙 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沙 appears as a character in 104 words.
  4. 沙 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沙 => 氵, 少
Radical :
沙 => 氵 (water), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
沙 => ⺀, ㇀, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sha1 - surname Sha
  2. sha1 - granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/CL:粒[li4]/abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沙 
沙场 (沙場)
沙拉 
沙漠 
沙滩 (沙灘)
沙发 (沙發)
长沙 (長沙)

Medium Frequency

冰沙 
南沙 
尖沙咀 
川沙 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
沙丘 
沙僧 
沙哑 (沙啞)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)
沙尘暴 (沙塵暴)
沙子 
沙巴 
沙市 
沙律 
沙沙 
沙河 
沙洲 
沙漏 
沙湾 (沙灣)
沙特 
沙特阿拉伯 
沙田 
沙画 (沙畫)
沙皇 
沙石 
沙砾 (沙礫)
沙粒 
沙县 (沙縣)
沙锅 (沙鍋)
沙头角 (沙頭角)
沙龙 (沙龍)
泥沙 
白沙 
细沙 (細沙)
豆沙 
豆沙包 
金沙 
金沙江 
长沙市 (長沙市)
风沙 (風沙)

Appears In:

沙 also appears in:
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咀

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Meta:

  1. 咀 is the 3491st most frequent character.
  2. 咀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 咀 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 咀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咀 => 口, 且
Radical :
咀 => 口 (mouth), 月 (moon), 一 (one)
Graphical :
咀 => 口, 冂, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju3 - to chew/to masticate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

咀嚼 

Medium Frequency

尖沙咀 
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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