1. 西
  2. 药

西

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  1. 西 is the 167th most frequent character.
  2. 西 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 西 appears as a character in 262 words.
  4. 西 appears as a component in 75 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
西 => 兀, 囗
Radical :
西 => 西 (west)
Graphical :
西 => 一, 丿, 乚, 冂, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xi1 - the West/abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]/Spanish
  2. xi1 - west

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 西 (xi1): The component 西 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

东西 (東西)
西 
西安 
西游记 (西遊記)

Medium Frequency

中西 
切尔西 (切爾西)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
可可西里 
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
墨西哥 
大西洋 
山西 
山西省 
巴西 
广西 (廣西)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
江西 
江西省 
河西 
湘西 
范特西 
莱西 (萊西)
西北 
西北部 
西区 (西區)
西南 
西南部 
西单 (西單)
西城区 (西城區)
西天 
西安市 
西宁 (西寧)
西式 
西方 
西方人 
西施 
西昌 
西服 
西江 
西洋 
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
西班牙 
西班牙语 (西班牙語)
西瓜 
西皮 
西直门 (西直門)
西米 
西红柿 (西紅柿)
西芹 
西葫芦 (西葫蘆)
西藏 
西兰花 (西蘭花)
西装 (西裝)
西西 
西辽 (西遼)
西边 (西邊)
西部 
西医 (西醫)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
西雅图 (西雅圖)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)
西餐 
西点 (西點)
陕西 (陝西)
陕西省 (陝西省)
马来西亚 (馬來西亞)

Appears In:

西 also appears in:
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药

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Meta:

  1. 药 is the 661st most frequent character.
  2. 药 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 药 appears as a character in 89 words.
  4. 药 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
药 => 艹, 约
Radical :
药 => 艹 (grass), 纟 (silk), 勹 (wrap), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
药 => 艹, ㇛, 一, ㇆, ㇒, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yao4 - leaf of the iris/variant of 藥|药[yao4]
  2. yao4 - medicine/drug/cure/CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 药 (yao4): The component 约 is pronounced as 'yao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 药 (yao4): The component 约 is pronounced as 'yao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 药 (yao4): The component 约 is pronounced as 'yue1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 药 (yao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 药 (yao4): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中药 (中藥)
吃药 (吃藥)
山药 (山藥)
药 (葯)
药店 (藥店)
药物 (藥物)

Medium Frequency

中草药 (中草藥)
入药 (入藥)
制药 (制藥)
吃错药 (吃錯藥)
安眠药 (安眠藥)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
弹药 (彈藥)
感冒药 (感冒藥)
服药 (服藥)
止痛药 (止痛藥)
毒药 (毒藥)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
泻药 (瀉藥)
火药 (火藥)
炸药 (炸藥)
无可救药 (無可救藥)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
膏药 (膏藥)
良药 (良藥)
芍药 (芍藥)
草药 (草藥)
药丸 (藥丸)
药剂 (藥劑)
药品 (藥品)
药局 (藥局)
药房 (藥房)
药方 (藥方)
药材 (藥材)
药水 (藥水)
药片 (藥片)
药瓶 (藥瓶)
药用 (藥用)
药监局 (藥監局)
药膏 (藥膏)
药膳 (藥膳)
补药 (補藥)
西药 (西藥)
解药 (解藥)
农药 (農藥)
退烧药 (退燒藥)
避孕药 (避孕藥)
医药 (醫藥)
开药 (開藥)
灵药 (靈藥)
麻药 (麻藥)
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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