使

Meta:

  1. 使 is the 119th most frequent character.
  2. 使 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 使 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 使 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
使 => ,
Radical :
使 => (human), (ten), (mouth), (line), (N/A)
Graphical :
使 => , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/to send/to instruct sb to do sth/envoy/messenger

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 吏 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使 
使用 
即使 
天使 

Medium Frequency

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
纵使 (縱使)

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Meta:

  1. 劲 is the 1356th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (work), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin4 - strength/energy/enthusiasm/spirit/mood/expression/interest/CL:把[ba3]
  2. jing4 - stalwart/sturdy/strong/powerful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使劲 (使勁)
 ()
劲儿 (勁兒)
差劲 (差勁)
没劲 (沒勁)
费劲 (費勁)

Medium Frequency

一个劲 (一個勁)
不对劲 (不對勁)
不得劲 (不得勁)
劲头 (勁頭)
对劲 (對勁)
带劲 (帶勁)
干劲 (幹勁)
强劲 (強勁)
冲劲 (衝勁)
起劲 (起勁)
较劲 (較勁)
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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