1. 抓
  2. 紧

抓

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  1. 抓 is the 990th most frequent character.
  2. 抓 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 抓 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 抓 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
抓 => 扌, 爪
Radical :
抓 => 扌 (hand), 爪 (claw/talon)
Graphical :
抓 => 亅, 二, 丿, ㇒, ㇏, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhua1 - to grab/to catch/to arrest/to snatch/to scratch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 抓 (zhua1): The component 爪 is pronounced as 'zhua3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

抓 

Medium Frequency

抓住 
抓拍 
抓狂 
抓紧 (抓緊)

紧

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Meta:

  1. 紧 is the 560th most frequent character.
  2. 紧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紧 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 紧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紧 => No glyph available, 糸
Radical :
紧 => 丨 (line), 丨 (line), 又 (right hand), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紧 => 丨, 丨, ㇇, ㇏, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin3 - tight/strict/close at hand/near/urgent/tense/hard up/short of money/to tighten

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紧 (緊)
紧张 (緊張)
赶紧 (趕緊)

Medium Frequency

抓紧 (抓緊)
收紧 (收緊)
紧密 (緊密)
紧急 (緊急)
紧握 (緊握)
紧凑 (緊湊)
紧紧 (緊緊)
紧绷 (緊繃)
紧要 (緊要)
紧迫 (緊迫)
要紧 (要緊)
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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