1. 坐
  2. 以
  3. 待
  4. 斃

坐

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  1. 坐 is the 611th most frequent character.
  2. 坐 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 坐 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 坐 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坐 => 土, 从
Radical :
坐 => 土 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
坐 => 一, 丨, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo4 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo4 - to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/variant of 座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坐 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坐 

Medium Frequency

乘坐 
坐下 
坐立不安 
坐车 (坐車)

Appears In:

坐 also appears in:
座挫唑锉痤矬脞髽睉

以

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  1. 以 is the 23rd most frequent character.
  2. 以 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 以 appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. 以 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
以 => No glyph available, 人
Radical :
以 => 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 人 (human)
Graphical :
以 => 乚, 丶, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi3 - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  2. yi3 - to use/according to/so as to/by means of/in order to/by/with/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 以 (yi3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以 
以后 (以後)
可以 
所以 

Medium Frequency

之所以 
以上 
以下 
以来 (以來)
以前 
以及 
以外 
以往 
以为 (以為)
足以 
难以 (難以)

Appears In:

以 also appears in:
似拟苡姒笖

待

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  1. 待 is the 672nd most frequent character.
  2. 待 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 待 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 待 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
待 => 彳, 寺
Radical :
待 => 彳 (step), 土 (earth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
待 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai1 - stay/delay
  2. dai4 - to wait/to treat/to deal with/to need/going to (do sth)/about to/intending to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

期待 
等待 

Medium Frequency

善待 
对待 (對待)
待 
待人 
待遇 
招待 
接待 
看待 
迫不及待 

斃

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  1. 斃 is the 2529th most frequent character.
  2. 斃 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 斃 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 斃 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
斃 => 敝, 死
Radical :
斃 => 巾 (turban/scarf), 冫 (ice), No glyph available, ⺙ (knock), 歹 (death/decay), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
斃 => 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 丿, 一, 乂, 一, 夕, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - to die violently

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 斃 (bi4): The component 敝 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 斃 (bi4): The component 死 is pronounced as 'si3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 斃 (bi4): The component 冫 is pronounced as 'bing1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 斃 (bi4): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

毙 (斃)
枪毙 (槍斃)

Medium Frequency

坐以待毙 (坐以待斃)
击毙 (擊斃)
暴毙 (暴斃)
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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