1. 描
  2. 述

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)

述

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  1. 述 is the 673rd most frequent character.
  2. 述 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 述 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 述 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
述 => 辶, 术
Radical :
述 => 辶 (walk), 木 (tree), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
述 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 一, 丨, 八, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shu4 - to state/to tell/to narrate/to relate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 术 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 术 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

描述 
讲述 (講述)

Medium Frequency

上述 
口述 
复述 (復述)
叙述 (敘述)
综述 (綜述)
自述 
表述 
论述 (論述)
述说 (述說)
阐述 (闡述)
陈述 (陳述)

Appears In:

述 also appears in:
蒁鶐
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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