1. 橫
  2. 掃

橫

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Meta:

  1. 橫 is the 1328th most frequent character.
  2. 橫 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 橫 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 橫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
橫 => 木, 黃
Radical :
橫 => 木 (tree), 黃 (yellow)
Graphical :
橫 => 一, 丨, 八, 卄, 一, 一, 二, 丨, 凵, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. heng2 - horizontal/across/(horizontal character stroke)
  2. heng4 - harsh and unreasonable/perverse/unexpected

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 橫 (heng2): The component 黃 is pronounced as 'huang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 橫 (heng4): The component 黃 is pronounced as 'huang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

横 (橫)
横批 (橫批)
横行 (橫行)
纵横 (縱橫)

Medium Frequency

妙趣横生 (妙趣橫生)
专横 (專橫)
强横 (強橫)
才华横溢 (才華橫溢)
横向 (橫向)
横幅 (橫幅)
横扫 (橫掃)
横扫千军 (橫掃千軍)
横梁 (橫梁)
横流 (橫流)
横渡 (橫渡)
横滨 (橫濱)
横生 (橫生)
横祸 (橫禍)
横空 (橫空)
横纹 (橫紋)
横线 (橫線)
横冲直撞 (橫衝直撞)
横竖 (橫豎)
横财 (橫財)
横贯 (橫貫)
横跨 (橫跨)
横躺 (橫躺)
横飞 (橫飛)
蛮横 (蠻橫)

掃

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Meta:

  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)
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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