1. 消
  2. 災

消

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  1. 消 is the 439th most frequent character.
  2. 消 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 消 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 消 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
消 => 氵, 肖
Radical :
消 => 氵 (water), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
消 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 消 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消失 
消息 

Medium Frequency

取消 
消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

災

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  1. 災 is the 1347th most frequent character.
  2. 災 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 災 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 災 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
災 => 巛, 火
Radical :
災 => 巛 (river), 火 (fire)
Graphical :
災 => 巛, 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zai1 - disaster/calamity

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消灾 (消災)
火灾 (火災)
灾 (災)
灾难 (災難)

Medium Frequency

受灾 (受災)
多灾多难 (多災多難)
天灾 (天災)
幸灾乐祸 (幸災樂禍)
成灾 (成災)
救灾 (救災)
旱灾 (旱災)
水灾 (水災)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
洪灾 (洪災)
灾区 (災區)
灾害 (災害)
灾情 (災情)
灾民 (災民)
灾祸 (災禍)
灾变 (災變)
重灾区 (重災區)
防灾 (防災)
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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