1. 紧
  2. 缩

紧

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  1. 紧 is the 560th most frequent character.
  2. 紧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紧 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 紧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紧 => No glyph available, 糸
Radical :
紧 => 丨 (line), 丨 (line), 又 (right hand), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紧 => 丨, 丨, ㇇, ㇏, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin3 - tight/strict/close at hand/near/urgent/tense/hard up/short of money/to tighten

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紧 (緊)
紧张 (緊張)
赶紧 (趕緊)

Medium Frequency

抓紧 (抓緊)
收紧 (收緊)
紧密 (緊密)
紧急 (緊急)
紧握 (緊握)
紧凑 (緊湊)
紧紧 (緊緊)
紧绷 (緊繃)
紧要 (緊要)
紧迫 (緊迫)
要紧 (要緊)

缩

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Meta:

  1. 缩 is the 1302nd most frequent character.
  2. 缩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 缩 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 缩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
缩 => 纟, 宿
Radical :
缩 => 纟 (silk), 宀 (roof), 亻 (human), 一 (one), 白 (white)
Graphical :
缩 => ㇛, 一, 冖, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 一, 口, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo1 - to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 宿 is pronounced as 'su4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
缩 (縮)
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Medium Frequency

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)
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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