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[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yes, I also came by to say this (and reply to acabjones below re. Pleco). Pleco has the bottom component as 朩 deng3, reference in image below:

Edit: that being said, I really admire OP for their curiousity and intuition to break down the characters manually, even if they don't arrive at the correct result every time. It will put them in a fantastic place for the rest of their Chinese learning.

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

neat, I've never seen that before.

[–] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait is this a paid dictionary on Pleco? I don't think I have the character breakdown like that.

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't paid for any add ons, so this should be one of the free ones? I added the following:

[–] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, yeah I guess I deleted some of them when I was messing around with the settings...

[–] unperson@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I like this dictionary for character breakdowns: https://www.dong-chinese.com/wiki/

According to this it's ⿱艹余, where 余 is a pictogram of a small shelter, an old rendering of 舍 (example 宿舍, dormitory)