1. 削
  2. 減

削

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  1. 削 is the 1792nd most frequent character.
  2. 削 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 削 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 削 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
削 => 肖, 刂
Radical :
削 => ⺌ (small), 月 (moon), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
削 => 丨, 丷, 冂, 二, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to scrape
  2. xue1 - to reduce/to pare (away)/to cut (down)/Taiwan pr. [xue4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 削 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 削 (xue1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 削 (xue1): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

削 

Medium Frequency

削弱 
削减 (削減)
剥削 (剝削)

Appears In:

削 also appears in:
箾

減

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  1. 減 is the 855th most frequent character.
  2. 減 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 減 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 減 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
減 => 氵, 咸
Radical :
減 => 氵 (water), 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
減 => ⺀, ㇀, 厂, 戈, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 減 (jian3): The component 咸 is pronounced as 'xian2'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

减 (減)
减少 (減少)
减肥 (減肥)

Medium Frequency

删减 (刪減)
削减 (削減)
减去 (減去)
减压 (減壓)
减弱 (減弱)
减掉 (減掉)
减缓 (減緩)
减轻 (減輕)
减退 (減退)
减速 (減速)
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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