1. 捍
  2. 衛

捍

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  1. 捍 is the 3249th most frequent character.
  2. 捍 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 捍 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 捍 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
捍 => 扌, 旱
Radical :
捍 => 扌 (hand), 日 (sun/day), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
捍 => 亅, 二, 口, 一, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. han4 - ward off (a blow)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 捍 (han4): The component 旱 is pronounced as 'han4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 捍 (han4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 捍 (han4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

捍卫 (捍衛)

Medium Frequency

衛

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  1. 衛 is the 668th most frequent character.
  2. 衛 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 衛 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 衛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
衛 => 行, 韋
Radical :
衛 => 行 (go/do), 韋 (tanned leather)
Graphical :
衛 => ㇒, 丨, 二, 亅, ㇆, 丿, 一, 口, 一, 丨, ㇗, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei4 - surname Wei/vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces
  2. wei4 - to guard/to protect/to defend/abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene/health/abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 衛 (wei4): The component 韋 is pronounced as 'wei2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保卫 (保衛)
卫 (衛)
卫生 (衛生)
卫视 (衛視)

Medium Frequency

中卫 (中衛)
前卫 (前衛)
大卫 (大衛)
守卫 (守衛)
后卫 (後衛)
捍卫 (捍衛)
精卫 (精衛)
自卫 (自衛)
卫冕 (衛冕)
卫士 (衛士)
卫星 (衛星)
卫浴 (衛浴)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
卫生部 (衛生部)
卫生间 (衛生間)
警卫 (警衛)
护卫 (護衛)
门卫 (門衛)
防卫 (防衛)
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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