1. 艱
  2. 險

艱

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  1. 艱 is the 1645th most frequent character.
  2. 艱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 艱 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 艱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
艱 => No glyph available, 艮
Radical :
艱 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 人 (human), 二 (two), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
艱 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 人, 二, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - difficult/hard/hardship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艱 (jian1): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

艰巨 (艱巨)
艰辛 (艱辛)
艰难 (艱難)

Medium Frequency

艰苦 (艱苦)

險

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Meta:

  1. 險 is the 671st most frequent character.
  2. 險 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 險 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 險 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
險 => 阝, 僉
Radical :
險 => 阝 (town), 人 (human), 一 (one), No glyph available
Graphical :
險 => 丨, ㇌, 人, 一, 口, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian3 - danger/dangerous/rugged

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 險 (xian3): The component 僉 is pronounced as 'qian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保险 (保險)
冒险 (冒險)
危险 (危險)
险 (險)
风险 (風險)

Medium Frequency

保险杠 (保險槓)
保险柜 (保險櫃)
保险箱 (保險箱)
保险费 (保險費)
凶险 (兇險)
探险 (探險)
探险家 (探險家)
历险 (歷險)
脱险 (脫險)
艰险 (艱險)
避险 (避險)
阴险 (陰險)
险些 (險些)
险恶 (險惡)
险阻 (險阻)
惊险 (驚險)
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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