1. 灯
  2. 笼

灯

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Meta:

  1. 灯 is the 1113th most frequent character.
  2. 灯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灯 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 灯 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灯 => 火, 丁
Radical :
灯 => 火 (fire), 一 (one), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
灯 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. deng1 - lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灯 (deng1): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯 (燈)
灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

笼

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Meta:

  1. 笼 is the 1925th most frequent character.
  2. 笼 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 笼 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 笼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笼 => ⺮, 龙
Radical :
笼 => ⺮ (bamboo), 龙 (dragon)
Graphical :
笼 => ⺮, 𠂇, 丶, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. long2 - basket/cage/flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum 點心|点心[dian3 xin5] such as 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5], 包子[bao1 zi5] etc/to cover/to cage/to embrace/to manipulate through trickery
  2. long3 - to cover/to cage/covering/also pr. [long2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 笼 (long2): The component 龙 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 笼 (long3): The component 龙 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

回笼 (回籠)
笼 (籠)
笼子 (籠子)
笼罩 (籠罩)
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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