1. 掃
  2. 蕩

掃

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

Decomposition:

Once :
掃 => 扌, 帚
Radical :
掃 => 扌 (hand), 彐 (pig snout), 冖 (cover), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
掃 => 亅, 二, ㇕, 二, 冖, 冂, 丨

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)

蕩

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Meta:

  1. 蕩 is the 1422nd most frequent character.
  2. 蕩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蕩 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 蕩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蕩 => 艹, 湯
Radical :
蕩 => 艹 (grass), 氵 (water), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
蕩 => 艹, ⺀, ㇀, 口, 一, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dang4 - to wash/to squander/to sweep away/to move/to shake/dissolute/pond

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蕩 (dang4): The component 湯 is pronounced as 'shang1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蕩 (dang4): The component 湯 is pronounced as 'tang1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
荡 (蕩)
荡漾 (蕩漾)
游荡 (遊蕩)
震荡 (震蕩)

Medium Frequency

倾家荡产 (傾家蕩產)
动荡 (動蕩)
回荡 (回蕩)
坦荡 (坦蕩)
振荡 (振蕩)
扫荡 (掃蕩)
放荡 (放蕩)
晃荡 (晃蕩)
浩浩荡荡 (浩浩蕩蕩)
浩荡 (浩蕩)
浪荡 (浪蕩)
淫荡 (淫蕩)
涤荡 (滌蕩)
激荡 (激蕩)
空空荡荡 (空空蕩蕩)
荡涤 (蕩滌)
荡然无存 (蕩然無存)
雁荡山 (雁蕩山)
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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