1. 拙
  2. 荊

拙

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  1. 拙 is the 2703rd most frequent character.
  2. 拙 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拙 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 拙 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
拙 => 扌, 出
Radical :
拙 => 扌 (hand), 出 (N/A)
Graphical :
拙 => 亅, 二, 出

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuo1 - awkward/clumsy/dull/inelegant/(polite) my/Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

笨拙 

Medium Frequency

守拙 
弄巧成拙 
拙作 
拙劣 
拙政园 (拙政園)
拙荆 (拙荊)

荊

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Meta:

  1. 荊 is the 2546th most frequent character.
  2. 荊 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 荊 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 荊 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
荊 => 艹, 刑
Radical :
荊 => 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 廾 (N/A), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
荊 => 艹, 一, 廾, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing1 - chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)/alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 Guo2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 荊 (jing1): The component 刑 is pronounced as 'xing2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

荆州 (荊州)
荆棘 (荊棘)
荆轲 (荊軻)

Medium Frequency

拙荆 (拙荊)
紫荆 (紫荊)
荆门 (荊門)
负荆请罪 (負荊請罪)
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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