1. 撇
  2. 嘴

撇

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  1. 撇 is the 2876th most frequent character.
  2. 撇 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 撇 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 撇 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
撇 => 扌, 敝
Radical :
撇 => 扌 (hand), 巾 (turban/scarf), 冫 (ice), No glyph available, ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
撇 => 亅, 二, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pie1 - to cast away/to fling aside
  2. pie3 - to throw/to cast/left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 撇 (pie1): The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pu1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 撇 (pie3): The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pu1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

左撇子 
撇 
撇下 
撇去 
撇嘴 
撇清 
撇开 (撇開)

嘴

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  1. 嘴 is the 1008th most frequent character.
  2. 嘴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嘴 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 嘴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嘴 => 口, 觜
Radical :
嘴 => 口 (mouth), 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 角 (horn)
Graphical :
嘴 => 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, ⺈, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zui3 - mouth/beak/nozzle/spout (of teapot etc)/CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嘴 (zui3): The component 觜 is pronounced as 'zi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嘴 (zui3): The component 觜 is pronounced as 'zui3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

嘴 
嘴巴 

Medium Frequency

合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
咧嘴 
嘴唇 
嘴脸 (嘴臉)
嘴里 (嘴裡)
嘴馋 (嘴饞)
奶嘴 
闭嘴 (閉嘴)
顶嘴 (頂嘴)
馋嘴 (饞嘴)
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
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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