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  1. 減 is the 855th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cliff), (spear), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 減 (jian3): The component 咸 is pronounced as 'xian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
减少 (減少)
减肥 (減肥)

Medium Frequency

删减 (刪減)
削减 (削減)
减去 (減去)
减压 (減壓)
减弱 (減弱)
减掉 (減掉)
减缓 (減緩)
减轻 (減輕)
减退 (減退)
减速 (減速)

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Meta:

  1. 肥 is the 1618th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (line), No glyph available, (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fei2 - fat/fertile/loose-fitting or large/to fertilize/to become rich by illegal means/fertilizer/manure

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

减肥 (減肥)
 

Medium Frequency

化肥 
合肥 
施肥 
肥皂 
肥皂剧 (肥皂劇)
肥肉 
肥胖 
肥肠 (肥腸)

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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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