1. 作
  2. 茧
  3. 自
  4. 缚

作

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  1. 作 is the 49th most frequent character.
  2. 作 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 作 appears as a character in 158 words.
  4. 作 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
作 => 亻, 乍
Radical :
作 => 亻 (human), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 丨 (line), 二 (two)
Graphical :
作 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - to do/to grow/to write or compose/to pretend/to regard as/to feel/writings or works

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作 
作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Medium Frequency

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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作 also appears in:
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茧

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Meta:

  1. 茧 is the 3601st most frequent character.
  2. 茧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 茧 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 茧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
茧 => 艹, 虫
Radical :
茧 => 艹 (grass), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
茧 => 艹, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - cocoon/callus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

茧 (繭)

Medium Frequency

作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)
茧子 (繭子)
老茧 (老繭)
蚕茧 (蠶繭)

自

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Meta:

  1. 自 is the 43rd most frequent character.
  2. 自 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 自 appears as a character in 230 words.
  4. 自 appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
自 => 目, 丶
Radical :
自 => 自 (self)
Graphical :
自 => 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi4 - from/self/oneself/since

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 自 (zi4): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来自 (來自)
自 
自己 

Medium Frequency

出自 
各自 
大自然 
独自 (獨自)
发自 (發自)
自主 
自作 
自信 
自个儿 (自個兒)
自制 
自助 
自助餐 
自动 (自動)
自卑 
自古 
自在 
自家 
自尊 
自从 (自從)
自恋 (自戀)
自我 
自拔 
自欺欺人 
自杀 (自殺)
自然 
自由 
自私 
自称 (自稱)
自行 
自行车 (自行車)
自觉 (自覺)
自豪 
自责 (自責)
自身 
亲自 (親自)
顺其自然 (順其自然)

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自 also appears in:
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缚

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Meta:

  1. 缚 is the 2572nd most frequent character.
  2. 缚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 缚 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 缚 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
缚 => 纟, 尃
Radical :
缚 => 纟 (silk), 十 (ten), 用 (use), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
缚 => ㇛, 一, 一, 丨, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu4 - to bind/to tie/Taiwan pr. [fu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缚 (fu4): The component 尃 is pronounced as 'fu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 缚 (fu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

束缚 (束縛)

Medium Frequency

作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)
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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