HanziCraft - Information on 平,坝

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坝

平

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平 is the 215th most frequent character.
平 has 2 dictionary entries.
平 appears as a character in 271 words.
平 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

平 => 干, 丷

Radical :

平 => 干 (dry), 丷 (eight/divide)

Graphical :

平 => 一, 一, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

Ping2 - surname Ping
ping2 - flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平时 (平時)

平台 (平臺)

平静 (平靜)

Medium Frequency

地平线 (地平線)

平价 (平價)

平复 (平復)

平稳 (平穩)

平行线 (平行線)

平遥 (平遙)

平头 (平頭)

心平气和 (心平氣和)

抚平 (撫平)

邓小平 (鄧小平)

开平 (開平)

Appears In:

平 also appears in:

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坝

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坝 is the 2780th most frequent character.
坝 has 1 dictionary entry.
坝 appears as a character in 12 words.
坝 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

坝 => 土, 贝

Radical :

坝 => 土 (earth), 贝 (shell)

Graphical :

坝 => 一, 丨, 一, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

ba4 - dam/dike/embankment/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 坝 (ba4): The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大坝 (大壩)

沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)

Medium Frequency

堤坝 (堤壩)

平坝 (平壩)

水坝 (水壩)

沙坝 (沙壩)

溃坝 (潰壩)

葛洲坝 (葛洲壩)

阿坝 (阿壩)

阿坝州 (阿壩州)

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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