1. 螻
  2. 蟻

螻

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  1. 螻 is the 5463rd most frequent character.
  2. 螻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 螻 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 螻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
螻 => 虫, 婁
Radical :
螻 => 虫 (insect), 口 (mouth), 十 (ten), No glyph available, 女 (woman)
Graphical :
螻 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 口, 一, 丨, 中, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lou2 - see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螻 (lou2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蝼蚁 (螻蟻)

Medium Frequency

蟻

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  1. 蟻 is the 2512th most frequent character.
  2. 蟻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蟻 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 蟻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蟻 => 虫, 義
Radical :
蟻 => 虫 (insect), 羊 (sheep), 手 (hand), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
蟻 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 一, 二, 丨, 丷, ㇒, 亅, 二, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi3 - ant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蟻 (yi3): The component 義 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蟻 (yi3): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蚂蚁 (螞蟻)

Medium Frequency

蝼蚁 (螻蟻)
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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