1. 減
  2. 輕

減

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  1. 減 is the 855th most frequent character.
  2. 減 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 減 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 減 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
減 => 氵, 咸
Radical :
減 => 氵 (water), 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
減 => ⺀, ㇀, 厂, 戈, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 減 (jian3): The component 咸 is pronounced as 'xian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

减 (減)
减少 (減少)
减肥 (減肥)

Medium Frequency

删减 (刪減)
削减 (削減)
减去 (減去)
减压 (減壓)
减弱 (減弱)
减掉 (減掉)
减缓 (減緩)
减轻 (減輕)
减退 (減退)
减速 (減速)

輕

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  1. 輕 is the 460th most frequent character.
  2. 輕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 輕 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 輕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
輕 => 車, 巠
Radical :
輕 => 車 (car), 一 (one), 巛 (river), 工 (work)
Graphical :
輕 => 二, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 巛, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qing1 - light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral/to disparage

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 輕 (qing1): The component 巠 is pronounced as 'jing1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

年轻 (年輕)
轻 (輕)
轻易 (輕易)
轻轻 (輕輕)
轻松 (輕鬆)

Medium Frequency

年轻人 (年輕人)
减轻 (減輕)
轻信 (輕信)
轻度 (輕度)
轻微 (輕微)
轻快 (輕快)
轻柔 (輕柔)
轻浮 (輕浮)
轻狂 (輕狂)
轻盈 (輕盈)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)
轻声 (輕聲)
轻蔑 (輕蔑)
轻薄 (輕薄)
轻视 (輕視)
轻轨 (輕軌)
轻灵 (輕靈)
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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