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  1. 淺 is the 1719th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - sound of moving water
  2. qian3 - shallow/light (color)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淺 (jian1): The component 戔 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淺 (qian3): The component 戔 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

搁浅 (擱淺)
 ()
肤浅 (膚淺)

Medium Frequency

深浅 (深淺)
浅析 (淺析)
浅水 (淺水)
浅滩 (淺灘)
浅色 (淺色)
浅薄 (淺薄)
浅显 (淺顯)
浅黄色 (淺黃色)
短浅 (短淺)

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Meta:

  1. 灘 is the 2058th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), 廿 (two hands/twenty), (mouth), (line), (human), (two), (small bird)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan1 - beach/shoal/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灘 (tan1): The component 難 is pronounced as 'nan2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 灘 (tan1): The component 難 is pronounced as 'nan4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沙滩 (沙灘)
海滩 (海灘)

Medium Frequency

外滩 (外灘)
 ()
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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