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  1. 螺 is the 2381st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (insect), (field), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠂉, , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. luo2 - spiral shell/snail/conch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 螺 (luo2): The component 累 is pronounced as 'lei2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海螺 
田螺 
螺旋 
螺丝 (螺絲)

Medium Frequency

螺旋桨 (螺旋槳)
螺旋藻 
螺栓 
螺母 
螺纹 (螺紋)
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
螺丝钉 (螺絲釘)
螺蛳 (螺螄)
陀螺 

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  1. 絲 is the 1024th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - silk/thread/trace/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 絲 (si1): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

粉丝 (粉絲)
 ()

Medium Frequency

爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
拔丝 (拔絲)
真丝 (真絲)
丝巾 (絲巾)
丝带 (絲帶)
丝毫 (絲毫)
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
丝绸 (絲綢)
丝袜 (絲襪)
肉丝 (肉絲)
蕾丝 (蕾絲)
螺丝 (螺絲)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
钢丝 (鋼絲)
青丝 (青絲)

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Meta:

  1. 刀 is the 1065th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. appears as a component in 392 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 丿
Radical :
=> (knife)
Graphical :
=> , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Dao1 - surname Dao
  2. dao1 - knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[ba3]/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 刀 (dao1): The component 刀 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
菜刀 

Medium Frequency

借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
两肋插刀 (兩肋插刀)
刀具 
刀子 
刀郎 
刀锋 (刀鋒)
剃须刀 (剃鬚刀)
剪刀 
大刀 
小刀 
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
军刀 (軍刀)
镰刀 (鐮刀)
开刀 (開刀)
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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