1. 俯
  2. 首
  3. 称
  4. 臣

俯

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  1. 俯 is the 2256th most frequent character.
  2. 俯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 俯 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 俯 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
俯 => 亻, 府
Radical :
俯 => 亻 (human), 广 (house on cliff), 亻 (human), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
俯 => ㇒, 丨, 厂, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu3 - to look down/to stoop

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 俯 (fu3): The component 府 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

俯瞰 
俯卧撑 (俯臥撐)
俯视 (俯視)

Medium Frequency

俯仰 
俯卧 (俯臥)
俯身 
俯首 
俯首称臣 (俯首稱臣)

首

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  1. 首 is the 481st most frequent character.
  2. 首 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 首 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 首 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
首 => 䒑, 自
Radical :
首 => 首 (head)
Graphical :
首 => 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 首 (shou3): The component 首 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

首 
首页 (首頁)

Medium Frequency

回首 
首先 
首席 
首映 
首次 
首尔 (首爾)
首发 (首發)
首要 
首选 (首選)
首都 
首领 (首領)
首饰 (首飾)

Appears In:

首 also appears in:
道首馗艏馘

称

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  1. 称 is the 449th most frequent character.
  2. 称 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 称 appears as a character in 69 words.
  4. 称 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
称 => 禾, 尔
Radical :
称 => 禾 (grain), ⺈ (knife), 小 (small)
Graphical :
称 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, ⺈, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen4 - to fit/balanced/suitable
  2. cheng1 - to weigh/to state/to name/name/appellation/to praise
  3. cheng4 - variant of 秤[cheng4]/steelyard

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

称 (稱)
称为 (稱為)
称号 (稱號)
自称 (自稱)

Medium Frequency

并称 (並稱)
俗称 (俗稱)
全称 (全稱)
匀称 (勻稱)
名称 (名稱)
堪称 (堪稱)
宣称 (宣稱)
对称 (對稱)
据称 (據稱)
昵称 (暱稱)
相称 (相稱)
称作 (稱作)
称呼 (稱呼)
称心 (稱心)
称心如意 (稱心如意)
称职 (稱職)
称谓 (稱謂)
称赞 (稱讚)
称重 (稱重)
称霸 (稱霸)
简称 (簡稱)
声称 (聲稱)
职称 (職稱)
著称 (著稱)
号称 (號稱)

臣

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  1. 臣 is the 1136th most frequent character.
  2. 臣 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 臣 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 臣 appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
臣 => 匚, No glyph available
Radical :
臣 => 臣 (minister/official)
Graphical :
臣 => 一, ㇗, 丨, 匚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chen2 - surname Chen
  2. chen2 - state official or subject in dynastic China/"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler/to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to/to serve a ruler as his subject/Kangxi radical 168

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 臣 (chen2): The component 臣 is pronounced as 'chen2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大臣 
臣 

Medium Frequency

俯首称臣 (俯首稱臣)
功臣 
君臣 
奸臣 
朝臣 
臣子 
臣服 
臣民 

Appears In:

臣 also appears in:
藏臣卧宦臧腎臨臟臥緊鹽鑑監臓艦豎賢鰹藍鋻藖盬茞鍳菣蜸糮繿
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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