1. 显
  2. 微
  3. 镜

显

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  1. 显 is the 469th most frequent character.
  2. 显 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 显 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 显 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
显 => 日, 业
Radical :
显 => 日 (sun/day), No glyph available, 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one)
Graphical :
显 => 口, 一, 丨, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian3 - prominent/conspicuous/Greek stem: phanero-

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 显 (xian3): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明显 (明顯)
显 (顯)
显得 (顯得)
显示 (顯示)

Medium Frequency

凸显 (凸顯)
彰显 (彰顯)
突显 (突顯)
显出 (顯出)
显卡 (顯卡)
显性 (顯性)
显摆 (顯擺)
显然 (顯然)
显现 (顯現)
显眼 (顯眼)
显示器 (顯示器)
显示屏 (顯示屏)
显老 (顯老)
显著 (顯著)
显赫 (顯赫)
显露 (顯露)

Appears In:

显 also appears in:
湿顕

微

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  1. 微 is the 652nd most frequent character.
  2. 微 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 微 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 微 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
微 => 彳, No glyph available
Radical :
微 => 彳 (step), 山 (mountain), ⺙ (knock), 一 (one), 几 (table)
Graphical :
微 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 凵, 丿, 一, 乂, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei1 - surname Wei/ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing/Taiwan pr. [wei2]
  2. wei1 - tiny/miniature/profound/abtruse/to decline/one millionth part of/micro-/Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)

Appears In:

微 also appears in:
薇矀

镜

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Meta:

  1. 镜 is the 1249th most frequent character.
  2. 镜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 镜 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 镜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
镜 => 钅, 竟
Radical :
镜 => 钅 (metal/gold), 音 (sound), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
镜 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing4 - mirror

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 镜 (jing4): The component 竟 is pronounced as 'jing4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 镜 (jing4): The component 钅 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

眼镜 (眼鏡)
镜 (鏡)
镜子 (鏡子)
镜头 (鏡頭)

Medium Frequency

出镜 (出鏡)
墨镜 (墨鏡)
太阳镜 (太陽鏡)
后视镜 (後視鏡)
放大镜 (放大鏡)
明镜 (明鏡)
望远镜 (望遠鏡)
胃镜 (胃鏡)
镜像 (鏡像)
镜框 (鏡框)
镜片 (鏡片)
显微镜 (顯微鏡)
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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