1. 擦
  2. 掉

擦

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  1. 擦 is the 1759th most frequent character.
  2. 擦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 擦 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 擦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
擦 => 扌, 察
Radical :
擦 => 扌 (hand), 宀 (roof), 月 (moon), 卩 (seal), 示 (sign)
Graphical :
擦 => 亅, 二, 冖, 丶, 冂, 二, 丨, ㇆, 二, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ca1 - to wipe/to erase/rubbing (brush stroke in painting)/to clean/to polish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 擦 (ca1): The component 察 is pronounced as 'cha2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

擦 

Medium Frequency

摩擦 
擦干 (擦乾)
擦亮 
擦拭 
擦掉 
擦洗 
橡皮擦 

掉

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Meta:

  1. 掉 is the 847th most frequent character.
  2. 掉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掉 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 掉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掉 => 扌, 卓
Radical :
掉 => 扌 (hand), ⺊ (divination), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
掉 => 亅, 二, 丨, 一, 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. diao4 - to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap/to show off/to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掉 

Medium Frequency

丢掉 (丟掉)
删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
吃掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
忘掉 
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
改掉 
毁掉 (毀掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)
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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