Meta:

  1. 裁 is the 1201st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𢦏,
Radical :
=> (earth), (spear), (clothes)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai2 - to cut out (as a dress)/to cut/to trim/to reduce/to diminish/to cut back (e.g. on staff)/decision/judgment

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剪裁 
总裁 (總裁)
裁判 

Medium Frequency

别出心裁 (別出心裁)
制裁 
副总裁 (副總裁)
独裁 (獨裁)
独裁者 (獨裁者)
裁剪 
裁员 (裁員)
裁定 
裁决 (裁決)
裁缝 (裁縫)

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Meta:

  1. 缝 is the 1849th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (walk), (go), (one), (two), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. feng2 - to sew/to stitch
  2. feng4 - seam/crack/narrow slit/CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缝 (feng2): The component 逢 is pronounced as 'feng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缝 (feng4): The component 逢 is pronounced as 'feng2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
缝隙 (縫隙)
裁缝 (裁縫)
裂缝 (裂縫)

Medium Frequency

夹缝 (夾縫)
无缝 (無縫)
牙缝 (牙縫)
绗缝 (絎縫)
缝合 (縫合)
缝纫 (縫紉)
缝纫机 (縫紉機)
缝线 (縫線)
缝补 (縫補)
缝制 (縫製)
缝针 (縫針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
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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