1. 頸
  2. 椎

頸

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  1. 頸 is the 2113th most frequent character.
  2. 頸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 頸 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 頸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
頸 => 巠, 頁
Radical :
頸 => 一 (one), 巛 (river), 工 (work), 頁 (leaf)
Graphical :
頸 => 一, 巛, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing3 - neck

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 頸 (jing3): The component 巠 is pronounced as 'jing1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

瓶颈 (瓶頸)
长颈鹿 (長頸鹿)
颈椎 (頸椎)
颈椎病 (頸椎病)
颈部 (頸部)

Medium Frequency

宫颈 (宮頸)
颈 (頸)
颈链 (頸鏈)

椎

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  1. 椎 is the 2450th most frequent character.
  2. 椎 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 椎 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 椎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
椎 => 木, 隹
Radical :
椎 => 木 (tree), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
椎 => 一, 丨, 八, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui2 - a hammer
  2. zhui1 - spine

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 椎 (chui2): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 椎 (zhui1): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

颈椎 (頸椎)
颈椎病 (頸椎病)

Medium Frequency

椎间盘 (椎間盤)
脊椎 
腰椎 
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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