1. 箜
  2. 篌

箜

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  1. 箜 is the 6460th most frequent character.
  2. 箜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 箜 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 箜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
箜 => ⺮, 空
Radical :
箜 => ⺮ (bamboo), 穴 (cave), 工 (work)
Graphical :
箜 => ⺮, 冖, 丶, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kong1 - ancient harp/cf 箜篌, Chinese harp

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 箜 (kong1): The component 空 is pronounced as 'kong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 箜 (kong1): The component 空 is pronounced as 'kong4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 箜 (kong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

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箜篌 

篌

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  1. 篌 is the 6423rd most frequent character.
  2. 篌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 篌 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 篌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
篌 => ⺮, 侯
Radical :
篌 => ⺮ (bamboo), 亻 (human), No glyph available, 矢 (arrow)
Graphical :
篌 => ⺮, ㇒, 丨, 匚, 丿, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou2 - (mus. instr.)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 篌 (hou2): The component 侯 is pronounced as 'hou2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

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箜篌 
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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