1. 剑
  2. 阁

剑

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  1. 剑 is the 867th most frequent character.
  2. 剑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 剑 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 剑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
剑 => 佥, 刂
Radical :
剑 => 人 (human), 一 (one), ⺍ (small), 一 (one), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
剑 => 人, 一, ⺍, 一, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - double-edged sword/CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]/classifier for blows of a sword

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 剑 (jian4): The component 佥 is pronounced as 'qian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剑 (劍)

Medium Frequency

剑客 (劍客)
剑桥 (劍橋)

阁

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  1. 阁 is the 1680th most frequent character.
  2. 阁 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 阁 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 阁 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
阁 => 门, 各
Radical :
阁 => 门 (gate), 夂 (go), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
阁 => 丶, 丨, ㇆, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge2 - pavilion (usu. two-storied)/cabinet (politics)/boudoir/woman's chamber/rack/shelf

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阁 (ge2): The component 各 is pronounced as 'ge4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

内阁 (內閣)
阁 (閣)
阁下 (閣下)
阁楼 (閣樓)

Medium Frequency

出阁 (出閣)
剑阁 (劍閣)
束之高阁 (束之高閣)
楼阁 (樓閣)
滕王阁 (滕王閣)
空中楼阁 (空中樓閣)
金阁寺 (金閣寺)
雅阁 (雅閣)

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阁 also appears in:
搁
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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