1. 巨
  2. 蟹
  3. 座

巨

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  1. 巨 is the 911th most frequent character.
  2. 巨 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 巨 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 巨 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
巨 => 匚, No glyph available
Radical :
巨 => 匚 (box), No glyph available
Graphical :
巨 => 一, ㇗, 匚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju4 - very large/huge/tremendous/gigantic

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

巨蟹 
巨蟹座 

Medium Frequency

巨 
巨人 
巨型 
巨大 
巨星 
巨头 (巨頭)
艰巨 (艱巨)

Appears In:

巨 also appears in:
距拒柜矩炬钜苣讵秬鉅粔

蟹

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  1. 蟹 is the 3043rd most frequent character.
  2. 蟹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蟹 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 蟹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蟹 => 解, 虫
Radical :
蟹 => 角 (horn), 刀 (knife), 牛 (cow), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
蟹 => ⺈, 冂, 二, 丨, ㇆, 丿, 二, 丨, ㇒, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xie4 - crab

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蟹 (xie4): The component 解 is pronounced as 'jie3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蟹 (xie4): The component 解 is pronounced as 'jie4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 蟹 (xie4): The component 解 is pronounced as 'xie4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

巨蟹座 

Medium Frequency

巨蟹 
螃蟹 

座

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  1. 座 is the 810th most frequent character.
  2. 座 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 座 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 座 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
座 => 广, 坐
Radical :
座 => 广 (house on cliff), 土 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
座 => 厂, 丶, 一, 丨, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - seat/base/stand/CL:個|个[ge4]/classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 座 (zuo4): The component 坐 is pronounced as 'zuo4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 座 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天秤座 
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
射手座 
巨蟹座 
座 
星座 
水瓶座 
狮子座 (獅子座)
白羊座 
金牛座 

Medium Frequency

入座 
座位 
座椅 
插座 
摩羯座 
双子座 (雙子座)
魔羯座 

Appears In:

座 also appears in:
蓙
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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