1. 檻

檻

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  1. 檻 is the 3373rd most frequent character.
  2. 檻 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 檻 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 檻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
檻 => 木, 監
Radical :
檻 => 木 (tree), 臣 (minister/official), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 丶 (dot), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
檻 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, ㇗, 丨, 匚, 丿, 一, 丶, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - banister/balustrade/cage for animal or prisoner/to transport caged prisoner on a cart
  2. kan3 - door sill/threshold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 檻 (jian4): The component 監 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 檻 (jian4): The component 監 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 檻 (jian4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

门槛 (門檻)

Medium Frequency

槛 (檻)
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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