1. 搔
  2. 癢

搔

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  1. 搔 is the 3448th most frequent character.
  2. 搔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 搔 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 搔 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
搔 => 扌, 蚤
Radical :
搔 => 扌 (hand), 又 (right hand), 丶 (dot), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
搔 => 亅, 二, ㇇, ㇏, 丶, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sao1 - to scratch/old variant of 騷|骚[sao1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 搔 (sao1): The component 蚤 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

搔痒 (搔癢)
搔首弄姿 

癢

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  1. 癢 is the 2640th most frequent character.
  2. 癢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 癢 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 癢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
癢 => 疒, 養
Radical :
癢 => 疒 (sickness), 羊 (sheep), 八 (eight/divide), 艮 (stopping), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
癢 => 一, 丶, 厂, 丶, 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 八, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang3 - to itch/to tickle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 癢 (yang3): The component 養 is pronounced as 'yang3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 癢 (yang3): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

痒 (癢)

Medium Frequency

不痛不痒 (不痛不癢)
痛痒 (痛癢)
瘙痒 (瘙癢)
痒痒 (癢癢)
发痒 (發癢)
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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