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  1. 吃 is the 475th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi1 - to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer
  2. ji2 - stammer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

吃完 
吃掉 
吃亏 (吃虧)
吃饭 (吃飯)
好吃 
小吃 

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  1. 喝 is the 981st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (say), (wrap), (human), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. he1 - to drink/My goodness!
  2. he4 - to shout loudly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 喝 (he1): The component 曷 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 喝 (he4): The component 曷 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

喝酒 

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  1. 嫖 is the 3457th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (west), (sign)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. piao2 - to visit a prostitute

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嫖 (piao2): The component 票 is pronounced as 'piao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

吃喝嫖赌 (吃喝嫖賭)
嫖娼 
嫖客 

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  1. 賭 is the 2033rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (shell), (old), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. du3 - to bet/to gamble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()

Medium Frequency

打赌 (打賭)
赌博 (賭博)
赌场 (賭場)
赌徒 (賭徒)
赌气 (賭氣)
赌注 (賭注)
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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