1. 尝
  2. 试

尝

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Meta:

  1. 尝 is the 1619th most frequent character.
  2. 尝 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 尝 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 尝 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尝 => 龸, 云
Radical :
尝 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 二 (two), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
尝 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 二, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chang2 - to taste/to try/already/ever/once
  2. chang2 - to taste

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尝试 (嘗試)

Medium Frequency

何尝 (何嘗)
品尝 (品嘗)
尝 (嘗)

Appears In:

尝 also appears in:
偿鲿

试

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Meta:

  1. 试 is the 642nd most frequent character.
  2. 试 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 试 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 试 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
试 => 讠, 式
Radical :
试 => 讠 (speech), 弋 (arrow), 工 (work)
Graphical :
试 => ㇊, 丶, 弋, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - to test/to try/experiment/examination/test

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 试 (shi4): The component 式 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 试 (shi4): The component 弋 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

测试 (測試)
考试 (考試)
试 (試)

Medium Frequency

尝试 (嘗試)
试卷 (試卷)
试图 (試圖)
试用 (試用)
试题 (試題)
面试 (面試)
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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