1. 挫
  2. 败

挫

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  • 2421st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 10 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
挫→
扌坐
2Radical
挫→
扌hand土earth从N/A
3Graphical
挫→
亅二一丨一从

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cuò (cuo4)obstructed • to fail • to oppress • to repress • to lower the tone • to bend back • to dampen

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 挫 cuò (cuo4)The component 坐 is pronounced as 'zuò' (zuo4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 挫 cuò (cuo4)The component 从 is pronounced as 'cōng' (cong1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 挫 cuò (cuo4)The component 从 is pronounced as 'cóng' (cong2). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

挫折 

Uncommon

挫败 (挫敗)

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败

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  • 860th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
败→
贝⺙
2Radical
败→
贝shell⺙knock
3Graphical
败→
冂人丿一乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bài (bai4)be defeated • to defeat • loss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 败 bài (bai4)The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
失败者 (失敗者)
惨败 (慘敗)
成败 (成敗)
挫败 (挫敗)
败坏 (敗壞)
败笔 (敗筆)
败类 (敗類)
独孤求败 (獨孤求敗)
连败 (連敗)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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