Meta:

  1. 信 is the 176th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 132 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (speech)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xin4 - letter/mail/CL:封[feng1]/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
信息 
相信 
短信 

Medium Frequency

信仰 
信任 
信心 
信念 
信用 
信用卡 
信号 (信號)
信誉 (信譽)
信赖 (信賴)
坚信 (堅信)
明信片 
自信 
诚信 (誠信)
迷信 
电信 (電信)

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Meta:

  1. 賴 is the 1363rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (mouth), (knife), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lai4 - surname Lai
  2. lai4 - to depend on/to hang on in a place/bad/to renege (on promise)/to disclaim/to rat (on debts)/rascally/to blame/to put the blame on

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依赖 (依賴)
 ()
赖床 (賴床)

Medium Frequency

信赖 (信賴)
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
无赖 (無賴)
耍赖 (耍賴)
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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