1. 镶
  2. 嵌

镶

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  1. 镶 is the 2968th most frequent character.
  2. 镶 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 镶 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 镶 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
镶 => 钅, 襄
Radical :
镶 => 钅 (metal/gold), 衣 (clothes), 吅 (N/A), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one)
Graphical :
镶 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丶, ㇒, ㇗, 冫, 吅, 丨, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang1 - to inlay/to embed/ridge/border

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 镶 (xiang1): The component 襄 is pronounced as 'xiang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 镶 (xiang1): The component 吅 is pronounced as 'xuan1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

镶嵌 (鑲嵌)

Medium Frequency

镶金 (鑲金)

嵌

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  1. 嵌 is the 2825th most frequent character.
  2. 嵌 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 嵌 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 嵌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嵌 => 山, 𣢟
Radical :
嵌 => 山 (mountain), 甘 (sweet), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
嵌 => 丨, 凵, 艹, 二, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kan3 - see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]
  2. qian4 - to inlay/to embed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (kan3): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (kan3): The component 甘 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

嵌 
嵌入 
嵌进 (嵌進)
镶嵌 (鑲嵌)
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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