1. 吝
  2. 嗇

吝

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Meta:

  1. 吝 is the 3500th most frequent character.
  2. 吝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 吝 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 吝 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

1Once
吝→
文口
2Radical
吝→
文script/literature口mouth
3Graphical
吝→
一丶乂口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin4 - stingy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In:

吝 also appears in:
麐

Example Words:

High Frequency

吝啬 (吝嗇)

Medium Frequency

吝啬鬼 (吝嗇鬼)

嗇

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Meta:

  1. 嗇 is the 3851st most frequent character.
  2. 嗇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嗇 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 嗇 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
嗇→
坐回
2Radical
嗇→
土earth从N/A回N/A
3Graphical
嗇→
一丨一从回

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. se4 - stingy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In:

嗇 also appears in:
薔繬艢

Example Words:

High Frequency

吝啬 (吝嗇)

Medium Frequency

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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