1. 脊
  2. 柱

脊

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  1. 脊 is the 2223rd most frequent character.
  2. 脊 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 脊 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 脊 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
脊 => No glyph available, 月
Radical :
脊 => 人 (human), 冫 (ice), No glyph available, 月 (moon)
Graphical :
脊 => 人, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji3 - spine/back/ridge/Taiwan pr. [ji2] or [ji3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

脊梁 
脊椎 

Medium Frequency

屋脊 
山脊 
背脊 
脊柱 
脊梁骨 
脊背 
脊骨 
脊髓 

Appears In:

脊 also appears in:
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柱

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  1. 柱 is the 1689th most frequent character.
  2. 柱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 柱 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 柱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
柱 => 木, 主
Radical :
柱 => 木 (tree), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
柱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - pillar/CL:根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

支柱 
柱 

Medium Frequency

冰柱 
圆柱形 (圓柱形)
柱子 
水柱 
灯柱 (燈柱)
石柱 
脊柱 
门柱 (門柱)
顶梁柱 (頂梁柱)
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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