1. 莿

莿

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  1. 莿 is the 7434th most frequent character.
  2. 莿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 莿 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 莿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
莿 => 艹, 刺
Radical :
莿 => 艹 (grass), 木 (tree), 冂 (upside down box), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
莿 => 艹, 一, 丨, 八, 冂, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci4 - Urtica thunbergiana

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 莿 (ci4): The component 刺 is pronounced as 'ci1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 莿 (ci4): The component 刺 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 莿 (ci4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

莿桐 
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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