1. 乾
  2. 洗

乾

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  1. 乾 is the 1996th most frequent character.
  2. 乾 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 乾 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 乾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乾 => 龺, 乞
Radical :
乾 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), ㇠ (N/A)
Graphical :
乾 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qian2 - surname Qian
  2. qian2 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰
  3. Gan1 - surname Gan
  4. gan1 - dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 乾 (qian2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

乾坤 

Medium Frequency

乾陵 
乾隆 

洗

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Meta:

  1. 洗 is the 1245th most frequent character.
  2. 洗 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 洗 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 洗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
洗 => 氵, 先
Radical :
洗 => 氵 (water), ⺧ (cow), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
洗 => ⺀, ㇀, ⺧, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi3 - to wash/to bathe/to develop (photo)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 洗 (xi3): The component 先 is pronounced as 'xian1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

洗 
洗澡 

Medium Frequency

冲洗 (沖洗)
洗刷 
洗手 
洗净 (洗淨)
洗涤 (洗滌)
洗漱 
洗碗 
洗礼 (洗禮)
洗脑 (洗腦)
洗脸 (洗臉)
洗衣 
洗衣机 (洗衣機)
洗面奶 
洗头 (洗頭)
洗发水 (洗髮水)
清洗 
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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