1. 如
  2. 願
  3. 以
  4. 償

如

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  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. 如 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 如 appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. 如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
如 => 女, 口
Radical :
如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:
恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

願

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  1. 願 is the 598th most frequent character.
  2. 願 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 願 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 願 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
願 => 原, 頁
Radical :
願 => 厂 (cliff), 白 (white), 小 (small), 頁 (leaf)
Graphical :
願 => 厂, 口, 一, ㇒, 亅, 八, 一, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan4 - to hope/to wish/to desire/hoped-for/ready/willing/sincere

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 願 (yuan4): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 願 (yuan4): The component 頁 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

心愿 (心願)
愿 (願)
愿意 (願意)
愿望 (願望)

Medium Frequency

一厢情愿 (一廂情願)
但愿 (但願)
如愿 (如願)
宁愿 (寧願)
心甘情愿 (心甘情願)
志愿者 (志願者)
情愿 (情願)
意愿 (意願)
祝愿 (祝願)
许愿 (許願)

以

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Meta:

  1. 以 is the 23rd most frequent character.
  2. 以 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 以 appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. 以 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
以 => No glyph available, 人
Radical :
以 => 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 人 (human)
Graphical :
以 => 乚, 丶, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi3 - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  2. yi3 - to use/according to/so as to/by means of/in order to/by/with/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 以 (yi3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以 
以后 (以後)
可以 
所以 

Medium Frequency

之所以 
以上 
以下 
以来 (以來)
以前 
以及 
以外 
以往 
以为 (以為)
足以 
难以 (難以)

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以 also appears in:
似拟苡姒笖

償

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Meta:

  1. 償 is the 1327th most frequent character.
  2. 償 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 償 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 償 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
償 => 亻, No glyph available
Radical :
償 => 亻 (human), ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 貝 (shell)
Graphical :
償 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chang2 - to repay/to compensate for/to recompense/to fulfill (hopes etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

补偿 (補償)
赔偿 (賠償)

Medium Frequency

偿 (償)
偿命 (償命)
偿还 (償還)
如愿以偿 (如願以償)
得不偿失 (得不償失)
无偿 (無償)
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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