1. 但
  2. 願

但

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Meta:

  1. 但 is the 95th most frequent character.
  2. 但 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 但 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 但 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
但 => 亻, 旦
Radical :
但 => 亻 (human), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one)
Graphical :
但 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 一, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan4 - but/yet/however/only/merely/still

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 但 (dan4): The component 旦 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

但 

Medium Frequency

但是 

願

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Meta:

  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)
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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