HanziCraft - Information on 鉗,工

鉗
工

鉗

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鉗 is the 3338th most frequent character.
鉗 has 1 dictionary entry.
鉗 appears as a character in 8 words.
鉗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

鉗 => 金, 甘

Radical :

鉗 => 金 (metal/gold), 甘 (sweet)

Graphical :

鉗 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

qian2 - pincers/pliers/tongs/claw (of animal)/to grasp with pincers/to pinch/to clamp/to restrain/to restrict/to gag

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

钳子 (鉗子)

Medium Frequency

火钳 (火鉗)

产钳 (產鉗)

老虎钳 (老虎鉗)

钳住 (鉗住)

钳制 (鉗制)

钳工 (鉗工)

工

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工 is the 118th most frequent character.
工 has 1 dictionary entry.
工 appears as a character in 165 words.
工 appears as a component in 121 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

工 => 一, 丄

Radical :

工 => 工 (work)

Graphical :

工 => 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

gong1 - work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 工 (gong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

员工 (員工)

工资 (工資)

Medium Frequency

工伤 (工傷)

工厂 (工廠)

工时 (工時)

工会 (工會)

工业 (工業)

工程师 (工程師)

工艺 (工藝)

工艺品 (工藝品)

清洁工 (清潔工)

罢工 (罷工)

义工 (義工)

职工 (職工)

临时工 (臨時工)

农民工 (農民工)

开工 (開工)

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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