1. 讖
  2. 緯

讖

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  1. 讖 is the 4740th most frequent character.
  2. 讖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 讖 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 讖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
讖 => 言, 韱
Radical :
讖 => 言 (speech), 从 (N/A), 戈 (spear), 韭 (leek)
Graphical :
讖 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 从, 戈, 非, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen4 - prophecy/omen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谶纬 (讖緯)

Medium Frequency

谶语 (讖語)

緯

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  1. 緯 is the 2691st most frequent character.
  2. 緯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 緯 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 緯 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
緯 => 糹, 韋
Radical :
緯 => 糹 (silk), 韋 (tanned leather)
Graphical :
緯 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇆, 丿, 一, 口, 一, 丨, ㇗, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei3 - latitude/woof (horizontal thread in weaving)/weft

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 緯 (wei3): The component 韋 is pronounced as 'wei2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

北纬 (北緯)
经纬 (經緯)
纬度 (緯度)

Medium Frequency

南纬 (南緯)
纬线 (緯線)
谶纬 (讖緯)
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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