1. 蒸
  2. 籠

蒸

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  1. 蒸 is the 2353rd most frequent character.
  2. 蒸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蒸 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 蒸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蒸 => 艹, 烝
Radical :
蒸 => 艹 (grass), ㇖ (N/A), 水 (water), 一 (one), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
蒸 => 艹, ㇖, 亅, ㇇, 冫, 一, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - to evaporate/(of cooking) to steam/torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)/finely chopped firewood (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蒸 (zheng1): The component 烝 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蒸 

Medium Frequency

清蒸 
蒸气 (蒸氣)
蒸汽 
蒸发 (蒸發)
蒸笼 (蒸籠)
蒸锅 (蒸鍋)
蒸饺 (蒸餃)

籠

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  1. 籠 is the 1925th most frequent character.
  2. 籠 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 籠 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 籠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
籠 => ⺮, 龍
Radical :
籠 => ⺮ (bamboo), 龍 (dragon)
Graphical :
籠 => ⺮, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 冂, 二, 己, 丨, 一, 二, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. long2 - basket/cage/flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum 點心|点心[dian3 xin5] such as 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5], 包子[bao1 zi5] etc/to cover/to cage/to embrace/to manipulate through trickery
  2. long3 - to cover/to cage/covering/also pr. [long2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 籠 (long2): The component 龍 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 籠 (long3): The component 龍 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

回笼 (回籠)
笼 (籠)
笼子 (籠子)
笼罩 (籠罩)
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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