1. 贬
  2. 谪

贬

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  • 2531st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
贬→
贝乏
2Radical
贬→
贝shell㇒N/A王jade丶dot戈spear㇝N/A
3Graphical
贬→
冂人㇒一一丨一丶戈㇝

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biǎn (bian3)to diminish • to demote • to reduce or devaluate • to disparage • to censure • to depreciate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 贬 biǎn (bian3)The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 贬 biǎn (bian3)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

贬低 (貶低)
贬值 (貶值)

Uncommon

贬义 (貶義)
贬职 (貶職)

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谪

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  • 5072nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
谪→
讠啇
2Radical
谪→
讠speech亠lid丷eight/divide欠yawn子child
3Graphical
谪→
㇊丶一丶丷⺈人㇇亅一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhé (zhe2)to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in Imperial China) • to banish or exile • (of immortals) to banish from Heaven • to censure • to blame

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Uncommon

谪戍 (謫戍)
贬谪 (貶謫)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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