1. 犍
  2. 为

犍

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Meta:

  1. 犍 is the 5489th most frequent character.
  2. 犍 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 犍 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 犍 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
犍 => 牛, 建
Radical :
犍 => 牛 (cow), 廴 (long stride), 聿 (brush)
Graphical :
犍 => 二, 丨, ㇒, ㇋, ㇏, 匚, 一, 丨, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - bullock/castrated bull/to castrate livestock

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 犍 (jian1): The component 建 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

犍为 (犍為)

Medium Frequency

犍为县 (犍為縣)
犍陀罗 (犍陀羅)

为

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Meta:

  1. 为 is the 18th most frequent character.
  2. 为 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 为 appears as a character in 130 words.
  4. 为 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
为 => 力, ⺀
Radical :
为 => 力 (power/force), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
为 => ㇆, 丿, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei2 - as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do/by (in the passive voice)
  2. wei4 - because of/for/to
  3. wei2 - variant of 為|为[wei2]/as (i.e. in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do
  4. wei4 - variant of 為|为[wei4], because of/for/to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以为 (以為)
因为 (因為)
成为 (成為)
为 (為)
为了 (為了)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
作为 (作為)
改为 (改為)
最为 (最為)
为主 (為主)
为何 (為何)
为止 (為止)
无能为力 (無能為力)
称为 (稱為)
行为 (行為)
认为 (認為)
身为 (身為)

Appears In:

为 also appears in:
伪妫沩
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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