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  1. 剪 is the 2222nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (one), (moon), (knife), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jian3 - surname Jian
  2. jian3 - scissors/shears/clippers/CL:把[ba3]/to cut with scissors/to trim/to wipe out or exterminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 剪 (jian3): The component 前 is pronounced as 'qian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

剪刀 
剪成 
剪掉 
剪纸 (剪紙)
剪裁 
剪辑 (剪輯)

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Meta:

  1. 紙 is the 1018th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (clan)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - paper/CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]/classifier for documents, letter etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

报纸 (報紙)
壁纸 (壁紙)
 ()

Medium Frequency

剪纸 (剪紙)
图纸 (圖紙)
废纸 (廢紙)
折纸 (摺紙)
烧纸 (燒紙)
墙纸 (牆紙)
纸婚 (紙婚)
纸巾 (紙巾)
纸币 (紙幣)
纸张 (紙張)
纸杯 (紙杯)
纸板 (紙板)
纸条 (紙條)
纸片 (紙片)
纸牌 (紙牌)
纸箱 (紙箱)
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
贴纸 (貼紙)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)
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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