1. 陡
  2. 峭

陡

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  1. 陡 is the 2357th most frequent character.
  2. 陡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 陡 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 陡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陡 => 阝, 走
Radical :
陡 => 阝 (town), 走 (run)
Graphical :
陡 => 丨, ㇌, 一, 丨, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dou3 - steep/precipitous/abrubtly/suddenly/unexpectedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 陡 (dou3): The component 走 is pronounced as 'zou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

陡坡 
陡峭 
陡然 

峭

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  1. 峭 is the 2984th most frequent character.
  2. 峭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 峭 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 峭 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
峭 => 山, 肖
Radical :
峭 => 山 (mountain), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
峭 => 丨, 凵, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qiao4 - high and steep/precipitous/severe or stern

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 峭 (qiao4): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

峭壁 
料峭 
陡峭 
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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