1. 薏
  2. 苡

薏

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  1. 薏 is the 4706th most frequent character.
  2. 薏 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 薏 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 薏 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
薏 => 艹, 意
Radical :
薏 => 艹 (grass), 音 (sound), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
薏 => 艹, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi4 - Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma)/erroneously called Chinese pearl barley

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 薏 (yi4): The component 意 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 薏 (yi4): The component 音 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

薏仁 
薏米 
薏苡 

苡

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Meta:

  1. 苡 is the 4851st most frequent character.
  2. 苡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 苡 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 苡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
苡 => 艹, 以
Radical :
苡 => 艹 (grass), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 人 (human)
Graphical :
苡 => 艹, 乚, 丶, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi3 - common plantain (Plantago major)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苡 (yi3): The component 以 is pronounced as 'yi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苡 (yi3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

薏苡 
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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