Group 危 (wēi)

henning

July 13, 2008, 07:39 AM posted in General Discussion

Group 危 (wēi)

Motivated by Lesson: E0785: 似曾相识

Taken from character: 诡 (guǐ)

Taken from word: 诡异 (spooky)

 

诡 ( 詭 )

Pron: guǐ

Main radical: 讠

Frequency: 2578

Meaning: sly, crafty, accuse, deceive

Examples: 诡异 (spooky); 诡计 (deceit)

危

Pron: wēi

Main radical: 厄

Frequency: 826

Meaning: danger, to endanger

Examples: 危害 (to jeopardize, to harm, to endanger); 危机 (crisis); 危险 (danger); 安危 (safety); 危地马拉 (Guatemala)

垝

Pron: guǐ

Main radical: 土

Frequency: rare

Meaning: delapidated

 

 

跪

Pron: guì

Main radical: 足

Frequency: 2128

Meaning: kneel

Examples: 跪下(kneel), 跪拜 ( worship on bended knees)

 

 

佹

Pron: guǐ

Main radical: 亻

Frequency: rare

Meaning: depend upon; support; almost succeed, crafty, suddenly

 

 

姽

Pron: guǐ

Main radical: 女

Frequency: rare

Meaning: quiet and nice