1. 扫
  2. 描
  3. 仪

扫

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  1. 扫 is the 1433rd most frequent character.
  2. 扫 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 扫 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 扫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
扫 => 扌, 彐
Radical :
扫 => 扌 (hand), 彐 (pig snout)
Graphical :
扫 => 亅, 二, ㇕, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sao3 - to sweep
  2. sao4 - broom

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打扫 (打掃)
扫 (掃)

Medium Frequency

扫地 (掃地)
扫帚 (掃帚)
扫描 (掃描)
扫兴 (掃興)
扫荡 (掃蕩)
扫除 (掃除)
横扫 (橫掃)
清扫 (清掃)

描

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Meta:

  1. 描 is the 1244th most frequent character.
  2. 描 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 描 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 描 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
描 => 扌, 苗
Radical :
描 => 扌 (hand), 艹 (grass), 田 (field)
Graphical :
描 => 亅, 二, 艹, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. miao2 - depict/to trace (a drawing)/to copy/to touch up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 描 (miao2): The component 苗 is pronounced as 'miao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

扫描 (掃描)
描绘 (描繪)
描述 

Medium Frequency

描写 (描寫)
素描 
轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫)

仪

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Meta:

  1. 仪 is the 1281st most frequent character.
  2. 仪 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 仪 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 仪 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
仪 => 亻, 义
Radical :
仪 => 亻 (human), 乂 (N/A), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
仪 => ㇒, 丨, 乂, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi2 - apparatus/rites/appearance/present/ceremony

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 仪 (yi2): The component 义 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仪式 (儀式)
心仪 (心儀)
礼仪 (禮儀)

Medium Frequency

仪器 (儀器)
仪态 (儀態)
仪表 (儀表)
仪表盘 (儀表盤)
地球仪 (地球儀)
威仪 (威儀)
投影仪 (投影儀)
扫描仪 (掃描儀)
殡仪馆 (殯儀館)
溥仪 (溥儀)
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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