1. 荠

荠

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Meta:

  1. 荠 is the 5613th most frequent character.
  2. 荠 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 荠 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 荠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
荠 => 艹, 齐
Radical :
荠 => 艹 (grass), 齐 (even/uniformly)
Graphical :
荠 => 艹, 一, 丶, 乂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]
  2. qi2 - water chestnut

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 荠 (ji4): The component 齐 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 荠 (qi2): The component 齐 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

荠菜 (薺菜)

Medium Frequency

荸荠 (荸薺)
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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