1. 扫
  2. 除

扫

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Meta:

  1. 扫 is the 1433rd most frequent character.
  2. 扫 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 扫 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 扫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
扫 => 扌, 彐
Radical :
扫 => 扌 (hand), 彐 (pig snout)
Graphical :
扫 => 亅, 二, ㇕, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sao3 - to sweep
  2. sao4 - broom

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打扫 (打掃)
扫 (掃)

Medium Frequency

扫地 (掃地)
扫帚 (掃帚)
扫描 (掃描)
扫兴 (掃興)
扫荡 (掃蕩)
扫除 (掃除)
横扫 (橫掃)
清扫 (清掃)

除

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Meta:

  1. 除 is the 464th most frequent character.
  2. 除 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 除 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 除 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
除 => 阝, 余
Radical :
除 => 阝 (town), 人 (human), 干 (dry), 小 (small)
Graphical :
除 => 丨, ㇌, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu2 - to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

除了 
除夕 

Medium Frequency

删除 (刪除)
去除 
扫除 (掃除)
排除 
消除 
清除 
解除 
除 
除去 
除外 
除非 

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除 also appears in:
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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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