1. 垂
  2. 涎
  3. 欲
  4. 滴

垂

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  1. 垂 is the 1590th most frequent character.
  2. 垂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 垂 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 垂 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
垂 => No glyph available, 艹
Radical :
垂 => ㇒ (N/A), 十 (ten), 士 (scholar), 艹 (grass)
Graphical :
垂 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 艹

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui2 - to hang (down)/droop/dangle/bend down/hand down/bequeath/nearly/almost/to approach

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下垂 
垂直 

Medium Frequency

低垂 
功败垂成 (功敗垂成)
垂下 
垂危 
垂感 
垂死 
垂涎 
垂涎欲滴 
垂泪 (垂淚)
垂钓 (垂釣)
垂青 
垂头丧气 (垂頭喪氣)
永垂不朽 
耳垂 
胃下垂 

Appears In:

垂 also appears in:
睡锤唾捶陲缍棰箠腄郵諈菙

涎

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  1. 涎 is the 3762nd most frequent character.
  2. 涎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 涎 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 涎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
涎 => 氵, 延
Radical :
涎 => 氵 (water), 廴 (long stride), ㇒ (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
涎 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇋, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian2 - saliva/shamelessly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

垂涎 

Medium Frequency

垂涎欲滴 

欲

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  1. 欲 is the 1043rd most frequent character.
  2. 欲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 欲 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 欲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
欲 => 谷, 欠
Radical :
欲 => 谷 (valley), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欲 => 八, 人, 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed
  2. yu4 - to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欲 (yu4): The component 谷 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

欲 (慾)
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

滴

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  1. 滴 is the 1893rd most frequent character.
  2. 滴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 滴 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 滴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
滴 => 氵, 啇
Radical :
滴 => 氵 (water), 亠 (lid), 丷 (eight/divide), 欠 (yawn), 子 (child)
Graphical :
滴 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丶, 丷, ⺈, 人, ㇇, 亅, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. di1 - a drop/to drip

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 滴 (di1): The component 啇 is pronounced as 'di2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 滴 (di1): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 滴 (di1): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi5'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

滴 
点滴 (點滴)

Medium Frequency

滴答 
点点滴滴 (點點滴滴)
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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