1. 牽
  2. 掛

牽

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  1. 牽 is the 1677th most frequent character.
  2. 牽 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 牽 appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. 牽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
牽 => 玄, No glyph available
Radical :
牽 => 玄 (dark/profound), 冖 (cover), 牛 (cow)
Graphical :
牽 => 一, 丶, ㇛, 丶, 冖, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian1 - to pull (an animal on a tether)/to lead along/to hold hands

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

牵 (牽)
牵挂 (牽掛)

Medium Frequency

牵动 (牽動)
牵引 (牽引)
牵强 (牽強)
牵手 (牽手)
牵扯 (牽扯)
牵绊 (牽絆)
牵连 (牽連)
魂牵梦绕 (魂牽夢繞)

掛

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  1. 掛 is the 1230th most frequent character.
  2. 掛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掛 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 掛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掛 => 扌, 卦
Radical :
掛 => 扌 (hand), 圭 (N/A), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
掛 => 亅, 二, 圭, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gua4 - to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)/to hang up (the phone)/to be worried or concerned/to make a phone call (topolect)/to register or record/to hitch/classifier for sets or clusters of objects

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 掛 (gua4): The component 卦 is pronounced as 'gua4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 掛 (gua4): The component 圭 is pronounced as 'gui1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挂 (掛)
牵挂 (牽掛)

Medium Frequency

悬挂 (懸掛)
挂住 (掛住)
挂念 (掛念)
挂断 (掛斷)
挂历 (掛曆)
挂号 (掛號)
挂钩 (掛鉤)
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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