1. 伸
  2. 缩

伸

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Meta:

  1. 伸 is the 1159th most frequent character.
  2. 伸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 伸 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 伸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
伸 => 亻, 申
Radical :
伸 => 亻 (human), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
伸 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen1 - to stretch/to extend

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 伸 (shen1): The component 申 is pronounced as 'shen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 伸 (shen1): The component 亻 is pronounced as 'ren2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 伸 (shen1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

伸出 

Medium Frequency

伸 
伸展 
伸手 
延伸 

缩

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Meta:

  1. 缩 is the 1302nd most frequent character.
  2. 缩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 缩 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 缩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
缩 => 纟, 宿
Radical :
缩 => 纟 (silk), 宀 (roof), 亻 (human), 一 (one), 白 (white)
Graphical :
缩 => ㇛, 一, 冖, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 一, 口, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo1 - to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 宿 is pronounced as 'su4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
缩 (縮)
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Medium Frequency

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)
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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