1. 挑
  2. 撥

挑

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Meta:

  1. 挑 is the 1307th most frequent character.
  2. 挑 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 挑 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 挑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挑 => 扌, 兆
Radical :
挑 => 扌 (hand), 儿 (legs), 冫 (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
挑 => 亅, 二, 丿, 乚, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tiao1 - to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick
  2. tiao3 - to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

挑 
挑剔 
挑选 (挑選)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)

撥

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Meta:

  1. 撥 is the 1805th most frequent character.
  2. 撥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 撥 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 撥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
撥 => 扌, 發
Radical :
撥 => 扌 (hand), 癶 (footsteps), 弓 (bow), 殳 (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
撥 => 亅, 二, 癶, 匚, ㇉, 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bo1 - to push aside/to appropriate (money)/to move/to set aside/to poke/to stir/group (of people)/batch/to dial

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 撥 (bo1): The component 癶 is pronounced as 'bo1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

拨 (撥)
拨打 (撥打)

Medium Frequency

挑拨 (挑撥)
拨出 (撥出)
拨动 (撥動)
拨弄 (撥弄)
拨款 (撥款)
拨号 (撥號)
拨开 (撥開)
撩拨 (撩撥)
点拨 (點撥)
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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