1. 縮
  2. 短

縮

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  1. 縮 is the 1302nd most frequent character.
  2. 縮 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 縮 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 縮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
縮 => 糹, 宿
Radical :
縮 => 糹 (silk), 宀 (roof), 亻 (human), 一 (one), 白 (white)
Graphical :
縮 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 冖, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 一, 口, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo1 - to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 縮 (suo1): The component 宿 is pronounced as 'su4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
缩 (縮)
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Medium Frequency

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)

短

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Meta:

  1. 短 is the 887th most frequent character.
  2. 短 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 短 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 短 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
短 => 矢, 豆
Radical :
短 => 矢 (arrow), 豆 (bean)
Graphical :
短 => 丿, 一, 人, 一, 一, 口, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan3 - short/brief/to lack/weak point/fault

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 短 (duan3): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 短 (duan3): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

短 
短信 

Medium Frequency

短暂 (短暫)
短期 
短片 
短袖 
短裤 (短褲)
简短 (簡短)
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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