1. 桿
  2. 秤

桿

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  1. 桿 is the 2008th most frequent character.
  2. 桿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 桿 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 桿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
桿 => 木, 旱
Radical :
桿 => 木 (tree), 日 (sun/day), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
桿 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 一, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gan3 - stick/pole/lever/classifier for long objects such as guns

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 桿 (gan3): The component 旱 is pronounced as 'han4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 桿 (gan3): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 桿 (gan3): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

杆 (桿)
铁杆 (鐵桿)
电线杆 (電線桿)

Medium Frequency

套马杆 (套馬桿)
推杆 (推桿)
挥杆 (揮桿)
摇杆 (搖桿)
杆子 (桿子)
杆秤 (桿秤)
杆菌 (桿菌)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
杠杆 (槓桿)
笔杆 (筆桿)
肉毒杆菌 (肉毒桿菌)
电杆 (電桿)

秤

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Meta:

  1. 秤 is the 3728th most frequent character.
  2. 秤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 秤 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 秤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
秤 => 禾, 平
Radical :
秤 => 禾 (grain), 干 (dry), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
秤 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 一, 一, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cheng4 - steelyard/Roman balance/CL:臺|台[tai2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天秤座 

Medium Frequency

天秤 
秤 
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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