1. 信
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信

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Meta:

  1. 信 is the 176th most frequent character.
  2. 信 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 信 appears as a character in 132 words.
  4. 信 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
信 => 亻, 言
Radical :
信 => 亻 (human), 言 (speech)
Graphical :
信 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丶, 二, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xin4 - letter/mail/CL:封[feng1]/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

信 
信息 
相信 
短信 

Medium Frequency

信仰 
信任 
信心 
信念 
信用 
信用卡 
信号 (信號)
信誉 (信譽)
信赖 (信賴)
坚信 (堅信)
明信片 
自信 
诚信 (誠信)
迷信 
电信 (電信)

息

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Meta:

  1. 息 is the 428th most frequent character.
  2. 息 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 息 appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. 息 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
息 => 自, 心
Radical :
息 => 自 (self), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
息 => 口, 二, 丶, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - news/interest/breath/rest/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

休息 
信息 
消息 

Medium Frequency

作息 
出息 
叹息 (嘆息)
息 
气息 (氣息)
窒息 

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息 also appears in:
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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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