1. 苛
  2. 刻

苛

Previous (郝)Next (秽)

Meta:

  1. 苛 is the 3089th most frequent character.
  2. 苛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 苛 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 苛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
苛 => 艹, 可
Radical :
苛 => 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
苛 => 艹, 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke1 - severe/exacting

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苛 (ke1): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苛 (ke1): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 苛 (ke1): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

严苛 (嚴苛)
苛刻 
苛求 

刻

#Back to top
Previous (速)Next (乐)

Meta:

  1. 刻 is the 618th most frequent character.
  2. 刻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 刻 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 刻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
刻 => 亥, 刂
Radical :
刻 => 亠 (lid), 丨 (line), ㇙ (N/A), 人 (human), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
刻 => 一, 丶, 丨, ㇙, 人, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke4 - quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/classifier for short time intervals

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

刻 
时刻 (時刻)
此刻 
铭刻 (銘刻)

Medium Frequency

刻意 
刻骨 
刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
即刻 
时时刻刻 (時時刻刻)
深刻 
片刻 
立刻 
苛刻 
雕刻 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.