1. 棱
  2. 锥

棱

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  1. 棱 is the 2891st most frequent character.
  2. 棱 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 棱 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 棱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
棱 => 木, 夌
Radical :
棱 => 木 (tree), 土 (earth), 八 (eight/divide), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
棱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丨, 一, 八, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. leng2 - square beam/variant of 稜|棱[leng2]
  2. leng2 - corner/edge/arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)/protrusion

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 棱 (leng2): The component 夌 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

棱角 (稜角)

Medium Frequency

有棱有角 (有稜有角)
模棱 (模稜)
棱柱 (稜柱)

锥

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  1. 锥 is the 3058th most frequent character.
  2. 锥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锥 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 锥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锥 => 钅, 隹
Radical :
锥 => 钅 (metal/gold), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
锥 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhui1 - cone/awl/to bore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锥 (zhui1): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

圆锥 (圓錐)
锥子 (錐子)

Medium Frequency

圆锥形 (圓錐形)
改锥 (改錐)
棱锥 (稜錐)
锥形 (錐形)
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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