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  1. 絕 is the 562nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (silk), (knife), (line), No glyph available, (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jue2 - to cut short/extinct/to disappear/to vanish/absolutely/by no means

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

拒绝 (拒絕)
 ()
绝对 (絕對)
绝望 (絕望)

Medium Frequency

断绝 (斷絕)
杜绝 (杜絕)
灭绝 (滅絕)
滔滔不绝 (滔滔不絕)
绝世 (絕世)
绝交 (絕交)
绝伦 (絕倫)
绝唱 (絕唱)
绝境 (絕境)
绝大多数 (絕大多數)
绝大部分 (絕大部份)
绝妙 (絕妙)
绝密 (絕密)
绝情 (絕情)
绝技 (絕技)
绝招 (絕招)
绝版 (絕版)
绝症 (絕症)
绝处逢生 (絕處逢生)
绝食 (絕食)
络绎不绝 (絡繹不絕)
与世隔绝 (與世隔絕)
谢绝 (謝絕)
隔绝 (隔絕)

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Meta:

  1. 食 is the 670th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 61 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eat/food)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse
  2. si4 - to feed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)
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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