1. 咀
  2. 嚼

咀

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Meta:

  1. 咀 is the 3491st most frequent character.
  2. 咀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 咀 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 咀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咀 => 口, 且
Radical :
咀 => 口 (mouth), 月 (moon), 一 (one)
Graphical :
咀 => 口, 冂, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju3 - to chew/to masticate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

咀嚼 

Medium Frequency

尖沙咀 

嚼

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Meta:

  1. 嚼 is the 2725th most frequent character.
  2. 嚼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嚼 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 嚼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚼 => 口, 爵
Radical :
嚼 => 口 (mouth), 爫 (claw/talon), 罒 (net), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
嚼 => 口, 爫, 口, 丨, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao2 - to chew/also pr. [jue2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 爵 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

嚼 

Medium Frequency

咀嚼 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
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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