1. 棱
  2. 角

棱

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  1. 棱 is the 2891st most frequent character.
  2. 棱 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 棱 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 棱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
棱 => 木, 夌
Radical :
棱 => 木 (tree), 土 (earth), 八 (eight/divide), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
棱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丨, 一, 八, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. leng2 - square beam/variant of 稜|棱[leng2]
  2. leng2 - corner/edge/arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)/protrusion

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 棱 (leng2): The component 夌 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

棱角 (稜角)

Medium Frequency

有棱有角 (有稜有角)
模棱 (模稜)
棱柱 (稜柱)

角

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  1. 角 is the 735th most frequent character.
  2. 角 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 角 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 角 appears as a component in 32 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
角 => ⺈, 用
Radical :
角 => 角 (horn)
Graphical :
角 => ⺈, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jue2 - surname Jue
  2. jiao3 - angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan/CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. jue2 - role (theater)/to compete/ancient three legged wine vessel/third note of pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

主角 
角 
角度 
角色 
角落 

Medium Frequency

三角 
三角形 
三角洲 
八角 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
口角 
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
旺角 
死角 
海角 
墙角 (牆角)
牛角 
独角戏 (獨角戲)
眼角 
棱角 (稜角)
豆角 (荳角)
号角 (號角)
视角 (視角)
角膜 
角质 (角質)
角逐 
转角 (轉角)
配角 

Appears In:

角 also appears in:
解确角嘴触懈蟹觯斛觥邂觞槲觳獬觚桷廨觫觸觔觝觱觖觜觼觿薢觽觭蠏觓
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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