1. 危
  2. 難

危

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  1. 危 is the 824th most frequent character.
  2. 危 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 危 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 危 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
危 => ⺈, 厄
Radical :
危 => ⺈ (knife), 厂 (cliff), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A)
Graphical :
危 => ⺈, 厂, 乚, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei1 - surname Wei
  2. wei1 - danger/to endanger/Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

危害 
危机 (危機)
危险 (危險)

Medium Frequency

危及 
危急 
危房 
危楼 (危樓)
危难 (危難)
安危 
居安思危 
病危 

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危 also appears in:
脆跪诡桅鮠頠祪詭硊

難

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  1. 難 is the 295th most frequent character.
  2. 難 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 難 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 難 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
難 => No glyph available, 隹
Radical :
難 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 人 (human), 二 (two), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
難 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 人, 二, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nan2 - difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good
  2. nan4 - disaster/distress/to scold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 難 (nan2): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 難 (nan4): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
难 (難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)
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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