1. 消
  2. 極

消

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  1. 消 is the 439th most frequent character.
  2. 消 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 消 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 消 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
消 => 氵, 肖
Radical :
消 => 氵 (water), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
消 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 消 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消失 
消息 

Medium Frequency

取消 
消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

極

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Meta:

  1. 極 is the 363rd most frequent character.
  2. 極 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 極 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 極 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
極 => 木, 亟
Radical :
極 => 木 (tree), ㇇ (N/A), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth), 又 (right hand), 一 (one)
Graphical :
極 => 一, 丨, 八, ㇇, 亅, 口, ㇇, ㇏, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji2 - extremely/pole (geography, physics)/utmost/top

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 極 (ji2): The component 亟 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 極 (ji2): The component 亟 is pronounced as 'qi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 極 (ji2): The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 極 (ji2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

极 (極)
极品 (極品)
极度 (極度)
积极 (積極)
终极 (終極)

Medium Frequency

北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
南极 (南極)
太极 (太極)
极光 (極光)
极其 (極其)
极力 (極力)
极大 (極大)
极为 (極為)
极端 (極端)
极致 (極致)
极限 (極限)
极点 (極點)
消极 (消極)
无极 (無極)
积极性 (積極性)
至极 (至極)
蹦极 (蹦極)
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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