1. 讒
  2. 佞

讒

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  1. 讒 is the 4420th most frequent character.
  2. 讒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 讒 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 讒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
讒 => 言, 毚
Radical :
讒 => 言 (speech), ⺈ (knife), 口 (mouth), 比 (compare/compete), ⺈ (knife), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
讒 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, ⺈, 口, 比, ⺈, 口, 丨, 乚, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chan2 - to slander/to defame/to misrepresent/to speak maliciously

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 讒 (chan2): The component 毚 is pronounced as 'chan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 讒 (chan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谗言 (讒言)

Medium Frequency

谗 (讒)
谗佞 (讒佞)

佞

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Meta:

  1. 佞 is the 4668th most frequent character.
  2. 佞 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 佞 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 佞 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
佞 => 亻, 𡚬
Radical :
佞 => 亻 (human), 二 (two), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
佞 => ㇒, 丨, 二, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ning4 - to flatter/flattery

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 佞 (ning4): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谗佞 (讒佞)

Medium Frequency

奸佞 
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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