1. 描
  2. 寫

描

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  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)

寫

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  1. 寫 is the 448th most frequent character.
  2. 寫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寫 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 寫 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
寫 => 宀, 舄
Radical :
寫 => 宀 (roof), 臼 (mortar), 勹 (wrap), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
寫 => 冖, 丶, 臼, ㇆, ㇒, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xie3 - to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寫 (xie3): The component 舄 is pronounced as 'xi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

写 (寫)
书写 (書寫)

Medium Frequency

填写 (填寫)
写下 (寫下)
写作 (寫作)
写完 (寫完)
写真 (寫真)

Appears In:

寫 also appears in:
藛
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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