使

Meta:

  1. 使 is the 119th most frequent character.
  2. 使 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 使 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 使 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
使 => ,
Radical :
使 => (human), (ten), (mouth), (line), (N/A)
Graphical :
使 => , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/to send/to instruct sb to do sth/envoy/messenger

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 吏 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使 
使用 
即使 
天使 

Medium Frequency

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
纵使 (縱使)

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Meta:

  1. 用 is the 51st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. appears as a component in 77 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (use)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yong4 - to use/to employ/to have to/to eat or drink/expense or outlay/usefulness/hence/therefore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 用 (yong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使用 
 

Medium Frequency

不用 
享用 
作用 
信用 
信用卡 
备用 (備用)
利用 
好用 
家用 
实用 (實用)
专用 (專用)
引用 
应用 (應用)
采用 (採用)
有用 
服用 
没用 (沒用)
用来 (用來)
用力 
用品 
用完 
用心 
用户 (用戶)
用尽 (用盡)
管用 
试用 (試用)
费用 (費用)
通用 
运用 (運用)
适用 (適用)
选用 (選用)
食用 
饮用 (飲用)
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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