1. 阵
  2. 势

阵

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Meta:

  1. 阵 is the 786th most frequent character.
  2. 阵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 阵 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 阵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
阵 => 阝, 车
Radical :
阵 => 阝 (town), 车 (car)
Graphical :
阵 => 丨, ㇌, 乚, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen4 - disposition of troops/wave/spate/burst/spell/short period of time/classifier for events or states of short duration

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

阵 (陣)
阵地 (陣地)
阵容 (陣容)

Medium Frequency

一阵子 (一陣子)
上阵 (上陣)
助阵 (助陣)
对阵 (對陣)
巨石阵 (巨石陣)
冲锋陷阵 (衝鋒陷陣)
阵亡 (陣亡)
阵势 (陣勢)
阵子 (陣子)
阵营 (陣營)
阵痛 (陣痛)
阵雨 (陣雨)
阵风 (陣風)

势

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Meta:

  1. 势 is the 506th most frequent character.
  2. 势 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 势 appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. 势 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
势 => 执, 力
Radical :
势 => 扌 (hand), 丿 (bend), ㇈ (N/A), 丶 (dot), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
势 => 亅, 二, 丿, ㇈, 丶, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - power/influence/potential/momentum/tendency/trend/situation/conditions/outward appearance/sign/gesture/male genitals

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 执 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

优势 (優勢)
势 (勢)
势力 (勢力)
姿势 (姿勢)
强势 (強勢)
形势 (形勢)
气势 (氣勢)
走势 (走勢)
趋势 (趨勢)
运势 (運勢)

Medium Frequency

作势 (作勢)
伤势 (傷勢)
劣势 (劣勢)
势利 (勢利)
势利眼 (勢利眼)
势必 (勢必)
势头 (勢頭)
地势 (地勢)
局势 (局勢)
弱势 (弱勢)
得势 (得勢)
恶势力 (惡勢力)
态势 (態勢)
手势 (手勢)
攻势 (攻勢)
架势 (架勢)
权势 (權勢)
火势 (火勢)
声势 (聲勢)
蓄势待发 (蓄勢待發)
阵势 (陣勢)
顺势 (順勢)
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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