1. 難
  2. 吃

難

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  1. 難 is the 295th most frequent character.
  2. 難 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 難 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 難 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
難 => No glyph available, 隹
Radical :
難 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 人 (human), 二 (two), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
難 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 人, 二, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nan2 - difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good
  2. nan4 - disaster/distress/to scold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 難 (nan2): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 難 (nan4): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
难 (難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

吃

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Meta:

  1. 吃 is the 475th most frequent character.
  2. 吃 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 吃 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 吃 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吃 => 口, 乞
Radical :
吃 => 口 (mouth), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), ㇠ (N/A)
Graphical :
吃 => 口, 丿, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi1 - to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer
  2. ji2 - stammer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吃 

Medium Frequency

吃完 
吃掉 
吃亏 (吃虧)
吃饭 (吃飯)
好吃 
小吃 
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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