Meta:

  1. 微 is the 652nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (step), (mountain), (knock), (one), (table)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei1 - surname Wei/ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing/Taiwan pr. [wei2]
  2. wei1 - tiny/miniature/profound/abtruse/to decline/one millionth part of/micro-/Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)

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Meta:

  1. 缩 is the 1302nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 宿
Radical :
=> (silk), (roof), (human), (one), (white)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo1 - to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 宿 is pronounced as 'su4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缩 (suo1): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
 ()
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Medium Frequency

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)
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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