1. 陡
  2. 坡

陡

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  1. 陡 is the 2357th most frequent character.
  2. 陡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 陡 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 陡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陡 => 阝, 走
Radical :
陡 => 阝 (town), 走 (run)
Graphical :
陡 => 丨, ㇌, 一, 丨, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dou3 - steep/precipitous/abrubtly/suddenly/unexpectedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 陡 (dou3): The component 走 is pronounced as 'zou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

陡坡 
陡峭 
陡然 

坡

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  1. 坡 is the 1548th most frequent character.
  2. 坡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 坡 appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. 坡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坡 => 土, 皮
Radical :
坡 => 土 (earth), 皮 (skin)
Graphical :
坡 => 一, 丨, 一, 丿, ㇆, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. po1 - slope/CL:個|个[ge4]/sloping/slanted

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坡 (po1): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新加坡 

Medium Frequency

上坡 
下坡 
下坡路 
吉隆坡 
坡 
坡度 
山坡 
斜坡 
东坡 (東坡)
东坡肉 (東坡肉)
滑坡 
苏东坡 (蘇東坡)
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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