1. 奴
  2. 顏
  3. 婢
  4. 膝

奴

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  1. 奴 is the 1400th most frequent character.
  2. 奴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 奴 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 奴 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
奴 => 女, 又
Radical :
奴 => 女 (woman), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
奴 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nu2 - slave

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奴 (nu2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奴 (nu2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

奴 
奴隶 (奴隸)

Medium Frequency

匈奴 
奴役 
奴才 
守财奴 (守財奴)
房奴 
农奴 (農奴)

Appears In:

奴 also appears in:
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顏

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  1. 顏 is the 1543rd most frequent character.
  2. 顏 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 顏 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 顏 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
顏 => 彥, 頁
Radical :
顏 => 文 (script/literature), 厂 (cliff), 彡 (bristle/beard), 頁 (leaf)
Graphical :
顏 => 一, 丶, 乂, 厂, 彡, 一, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - color/face/countenance
  3. yan2 - Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 顏 (yan2): The component 彥 is pronounced as 'yan4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 顏 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 顏 (yan2): The component 彡 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 顏 (yan2): The component 頁 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

颜 (顏)
颜色 (顏色)

Medium Frequency

五颜六色 (五顏六色)
容颜 (容顏)
汗颜 (汗顏)
红颜 (紅顏)
素颜 (素顏)
颜料 (顏料)
颜面 (顏面)

婢

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  1. 婢 is the 3076th most frequent character.
  2. 婢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 婢 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 婢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
婢 => 女, 卑
Radical :
婢 => 女 (woman), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丶 (dot), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
婢 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - slave girl/maid servant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 婢 (bi4): The component 卑 is pronounced as 'bei1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 婢 (bi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

奴婢 
奴颜婢膝 (奴顏婢膝)
婢女 

膝

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  1. 膝 is the 2302nd most frequent character.
  2. 膝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 膝 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 膝 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
膝 => 月, 桼
Radical :
膝 => 月 (moon), 木 (tree), 人 (human), 氺 (water)
Graphical :
膝 => 冂, 二, 一, 丨, 八, 人, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - knee

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

膝盖 (膝蓋)

Medium Frequency

促膝 
护膝 (護膝)
双膝 (雙膝)
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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