1. 短
  2. 線

短

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  1. 短 is the 887th most frequent character.
  2. 短 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 短 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 短 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
短 => 矢, 豆
Radical :
短 => 矢 (arrow), 豆 (bean)
Graphical :
短 => 丿, 一, 人, 一, 一, 口, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan3 - short/brief/to lack/weak point/fault

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 短 (duan3): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 短 (duan3): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

短 
短信 

Medium Frequency

短暂 (短暫)
短期 
短片 
短袖 
短裤 (短褲)
简短 (簡短)

線

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Meta:

  1. 線 is the 430th most frequent character.
  2. 線 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 線 appears as a character in 170 words.
  4. 線 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
線 => 糹, 泉
Radical :
線 => 糹 (silk), 白 (white), 水 (water)
Graphical :
線 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 口, 一, ㇒, 亅, ㇇, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian4 - thread/string/wire/line/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上线 (上線)
在线 (在線)
底线 (底線)
曲线 (曲線)
毛线 (毛線)
火线 (火線)
无线 (無線)
眼线 (眼線)
紫外线 (紫外線)
线 (線)
线条 (線條)
视线 (視線)
路线 (路線)

Medium Frequency

下线 (下線)
中线 (中線)
主线 (主線)
五线谱 (五線譜)
占线 (佔線)
光线 (光線)
全线 (全線)
分界线 (分界線)
前线 (前線)
单行线 (單行線)
地平线 (地平線)
天线 (天線)
专线 (專線)
导火线 (導火線)
平行线 (平行線)
干线 (幹線)
弧线 (弧線)
战线 (戰線)
拆线 (拆線)
抛物线 (拋物線)
掉线 (掉線)
斑马线 (斑馬線)
断线 (斷線)
有线 (有線)
沿线 (沿線)
海岸线 (海岸線)
无线电 (無線電)
热线 (熱線)
牙线 (牙線)
牵线 (牽線)
环线 (環線)
生产线 (生產線)
界线 (界線)
直线 (直線)
眼线液 (眼線液)
短线 (短線)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
米线 (米線)
红外线 (紅外線)
红线 (紅線)
丝线 (絲線)
线上 (線上)
线下 (線下)
线人 (線人)
线性 (線性)
线索 (線索)
线路 (線路)
航线 (航線)
起跑线 (起跑線)
路线图 (路線圖)
连线 (連線)
针线 (針線)
长线 (長線)
防线 (防線)
阵线 (陣線)
离线 (離線)
电源线 (電源線)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电线杆 (電線桿)
电话线 (電話線)
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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