1. 莴
  2. 笋

莴

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Meta:

  1. 莴 is the 5193rd most frequent character.
  2. 莴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 莴 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 莴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
莴 => 艹, 呙
Radical :
莴 => 艹 (grass), 口 (mouth), 人 (human), 冂 (upside down box)
Graphical :
莴 => 艹, 口, 人, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wo1 - lettuce, see 萵苣|莴苣

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

莴笋 (萵筍)

Medium Frequency

莴苣 (萵苣)

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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