1. 劈
  2. 柴

劈

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  1. 劈 is the 2482nd most frequent character.
  2. 劈 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 劈 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 劈 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
劈 => 辟, 刀
Radical :
劈 => 尸 (corpse), 口 (mouth), 辛 (bitter), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
劈 => 丨, 匚, 口, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pi1 - to hack/to chop/to split open/(of lightning) to strike
  2. pi3 - to split in two/to divide

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi1): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi1): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'pi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi1): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi3): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi3): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'pi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 劈 (pi3): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

劈 

Medium Frequency

劈腿 
劈里啪啦 (劈裡啪啦)
劈开 (劈開)

柴

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  1. 柴 is the 1978th most frequent character.
  2. 柴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 柴 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 柴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
柴 => 此, 木
Radical :
柴 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
柴 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chai2 - surname Chai
  2. chai2 - firewood/lean (of meat)/thin (of a person)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

柴 
火柴 

Medium Frequency

劈柴 
柴可夫斯基 
柴油 
柴火 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
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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