1. 谶
  2. 纬

谶

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

Decomposition:

Once :
谶 => 讠, 韱
Radical :
谶 => 讠 (speech), 从 (N/A), 戈 (spear), 韭 (leek)
Graphical :
谶 => ㇊, 丶, 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)

纬

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

Decomposition:

Once :
纬 => 纟, 韦
Radical :
纬 => 纟 (silk), 韦 (tanned leather)
Graphical :
纬 => ㇛, 一, 一, 二, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 纬 (wei3): The component 韦 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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