1. 渺
  2. 茫

渺

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  1. 渺 is the 2960th most frequent character.
  2. 渺 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 渺 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 渺 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
渺 => 氵, 眇
Radical :
渺 => 氵 (water), 目 (eye), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
渺 => ⺀, ㇀, 口, 二, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. miao3 - (of an expanse of water) vast/distant and indistinct/tiny or insignificant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 渺 (miao3): The component 眇 is pronounced as 'miao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 渺 (miao3): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 渺 (miao3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

渺小 

Medium Frequency

渺茫 
飘渺 (飄渺)

茫

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  1. 茫 is the 1948th most frequent character.
  2. 茫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 茫 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 茫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
茫 => 艹, 汒
Radical :
茫 => 艹 (grass), 氵 (water), 匸 (hiding enclosure), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
茫 => 艹, ⺀, ㇀, 匸, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mang2 - vast, with no clear boundary/fig. hazy/indistinct/unclear/confused

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茫 (mang2): The component 汒 is pronounced as 'mang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

茫茫 
迷茫 

Medium Frequency

渺茫 
白茫茫 
茫然 
苍茫 (蒼茫)
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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