1. 食
  2. 欲

食

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

Decomposition:

Once :
食 => 亽, 艮
Radical :
食 => 食 (eat/food)
Graphical :
食 => 人, 丶, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

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 
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)

Appears In:

食 also appears in:
食餐饕飧飨饔餍餮餈饏飸饜飺饭馆饮饰饿饲饱饥饶饼蚀馈饷饵馒饺饬馅馋馍馁馀馐饨馕馑饽饪馄饯馏馊馔饧饫饩馓饴馃馇饾饸饹馂馉饤饳饻

欲

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Meta:

  1. 欲 is the 1043rd most frequent character.
  2. 欲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 欲 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 欲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
欲 => 谷, 欠
Radical :
欲 => 谷 (valley), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欲 => 八, 人, 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed
  2. yu4 - to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欲 (yu4): The component 谷 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

欲 (慾)
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)
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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