1. 延
  2. 遲

延

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  1. 延 is the 1101st most frequent character.
  2. 延 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 延 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 延 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
延 => 廴, No glyph available
Radical :
延 => 廴 (long stride), ㇒ (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
延 => ㇋, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - to prolong/to extend/to delay

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 延 (yan2): The component 廴 is pronounced as 'yin4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

延伸 
延安 
延缓 (延緩)
延续 (延續)
延误 (延誤)
延长 (延長)
拖延 
蔓延 

Medium Frequency

延 
延吉 
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
延后 (延後)
延庆 (延慶)
延期 
延津 
延迟 (延遲)
延边 (延邊)
绵延 (綿延)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

Appears In:

延 also appears in:
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遲

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  1. 遲 is the 1372nd most frequent character.
  2. 遲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 遲 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 遲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
遲 => 辶, 犀
Radical :
遲 => 辶 (walk), 尸 (corpse), 氺 (water), 牛 (cow)
Graphical :
遲 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丨, 匚, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chi2 - surname Chi
  2. chi2 - late/delayed/slow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 犀 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 辶 is pronounced as 'chuo4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

迟 (遲)
迟到 (遲到)

Medium Frequency

延迟 (延遲)
推迟 (推遲)
迟早 (遲早)
迟疑 (遲疑)
迟缓 (遲緩)
迟迟 (遲遲)
迟钝 (遲鈍)
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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