1. 芦
  2. 笋

芦

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  1. 芦 is the 2472nd most frequent character.
  2. 芦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 芦 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 芦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
芦 => 艹, 户
Radical :
芦 => 艹 (grass), 户 (door/house)
Graphical :
芦 => 艹, 丨, 匚, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu2 - rush/reed/Phragmites communis

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 芦 (lu2): The component 户 is pronounced as 'hu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

糖葫芦 (糖葫蘆)
葫芦 (葫蘆)
芦荟 (蘆薈)

Medium Frequency

冰糖葫芦 (冰糖葫蘆)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
葫芦丝 (葫蘆絲)
芦笋 (蘆筍)
芦苇 (蘆葦)
西葫芦 (西葫蘆)

笋

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Meta:

  1. 笋 is the 3449th most frequent character.
  2. 笋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 笋 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 笋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笋 => ⺮, 尹
Radical :
笋 => ⺮ (bamboo), ⺕ (pig snout), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
笋 => ⺮, 匚, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sun3 - bamboo shoot

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 笋 (sun3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

莴笋 (萵筍)
芦笋 (蘆筍)

Medium Frequency

竹笋 (竹筍)
雨后春笋 (雨後春筍)
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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