1. 挫
  2. 败

挫

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  1. 挫 is the 2421st most frequent character.
  2. 挫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 挫 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 挫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挫 => 扌, 坐
Radical :
挫 => 扌 (hand), 土 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
挫 => 亅, 二, 一, 丨, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cuo4 - obstructed/to fail/to oppress/to repress/to lower the tone/to bend back/to dampen

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

挫折 

Medium Frequency

挫 
挫败 (挫敗)

败

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Meta:

  1. 败 is the 860th most frequent character.
  2. 败 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 败 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 败 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
败 => 贝, ⺙
Radical :
败 => 贝 (shell), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
败 => 冂, 人, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bai4 - be defeated/to defeat/loss

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
败 (敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Medium Frequency

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)
连败 (連敗)
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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