1. 丝
  2. 绸

丝

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  1. 丝 is the 1024th most frequent character.
  2. 丝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 丝 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 丝 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
丝 => No glyph available, 一
Radical :
丝 => No glyph available, 一 (one)
Graphical :
丝 => ㇛, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - silk/thread/trace/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 丝 (si1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

粉丝 (粉絲)
丝 (絲)

Medium Frequency

爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
拔丝 (拔絲)
真丝 (真絲)
丝巾 (絲巾)
丝带 (絲帶)
丝毫 (絲毫)
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
丝绸 (絲綢)
丝袜 (絲襪)
肉丝 (肉絲)
蕾丝 (蕾絲)
螺丝 (螺絲)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
钢丝 (鋼絲)
青丝 (青絲)

Appears In:

丝 also appears in:
咝鸶

绸

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  1. 绸 is the 2629th most frequent character.
  2. 绸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 绸 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 绸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
绸 => 纟, 周
Radical :
绸 => 纟 (silk), 田 (field), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
绸 => ㇛, 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - (light) silk/CL:匹[pi3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 绸 (chou2): The component 周 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 绸 (chou2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
丝绸 (絲綢)

Medium Frequency

丝绸之路 (絲綢之路)
绸缎 (綢緞)
绸缪 (綢繆)
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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