1. 噤
  2. 若
  3. 寒
  4. 蝉

噤

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  1. 噤 is the 4182nd most frequent character.
  2. 噤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 噤 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 噤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
噤 => 口, 禁
Radical :
噤 => 口 (mouth), 林 (N/A), 示 (sign)
Graphical :
噤 => 口, 林, 二, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin4 - unable to speak/silent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 噤 (jin4): The component 禁 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 噤 (jin4): The component 禁 is pronounced as 'jin4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 噤 (jin4): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

噤 
噤若寒蝉 (噤若寒蟬)

若

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  1. 若 is the 650th most frequent character.
  2. 若 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 若 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 若 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
若 => 艹, 右
Radical :
若 => 艹 (grass), 𠂇 (left hand), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
若 => 艹, 𠂇, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ruo4 - to seem/like/as/if

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

若 

Medium Frequency

倘若 
受宠若惊 (受寵若驚)
欣喜若狂 
若干 
若是 
若无其事 (若無其事)
若隐若现 (若隱若現)

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若 also appears in:
诺惹匿偌喏锘箬鍩

寒

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  1. 寒 is the 1295th most frequent character.
  2. 寒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寒 appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. 寒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
寒 => 宀, No glyph available
Radical :
寒 => 宀 (roof), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
寒 => 冖, 丶, 丨, 二, 一, 八, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. han2 - cold/poor/to tremble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寒假 
寒冷 

Medium Frequency

严寒 (嚴寒)
大寒 
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)
寒 
寒冬 
寒心 
寒意 
寒暄 
寒气 (寒氣)
心寒 
风寒 (風寒)

蝉

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  1. 蝉 is the 3042nd most frequent character.
  2. 蝉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蝉 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 蝉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蝉 => 虫, 单
Radical :
蝉 => 虫 (insect), 丷 (eight/divide), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
蝉 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 丷, 冂, 二, 丨, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chan2 - cicada

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蝉 (chan2): The component 单 is pronounced as 'dan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蝉 (chan2): The component 虫 is pronounced as 'chong2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

貂蝉 (貂蟬)

Medium Frequency

蝉联 (蟬聯)
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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