1. 挑
  2. 衅

挑

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  1. 挑 is the 1307th most frequent character.
  2. 挑 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 挑 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 挑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挑 => 扌, 兆
Radical :
挑 => 扌 (hand), 儿 (legs), 冫 (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
挑 => 亅, 二, 丿, 乚, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tiao1 - to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick
  2. tiao3 - to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

挑 
挑剔 
挑选 (挑選)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)

衅

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Meta:

  1. 衅 is the 3140th most frequent character.
  2. 衅 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 衅 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 衅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
衅 => 血, 半
Radical :
衅 => 血 (blood), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
衅 => 冂, 丨, 一, 丶, 二, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xin4 - quarrel/dispute/a blood sacrifice (arch.)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 衅 (xin4): The component 血 is pronounced as 'xue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 衅 (xin4): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑衅 (挑釁)

Medium Frequency

寻衅 (尋釁)
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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