1. 如
  2. 飢
  3. 似
  4. 渴

如

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Meta:

  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. 如 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 如 appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. 如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
如 => 女, 口
Radical :
如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:
恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

飢

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Meta:

  1. 飢 is the 2168th most frequent character.
  2. 飢 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 飢 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 飢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
飢 => 飠, 几
Radical :
飢 => 人 (human), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 丶 (dot), 几 (table)
Graphical :
飢 => 人, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丶, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji1 - hungry
  2. ji1 - variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

饥饿 (飢餓)

Medium Frequency

充饥 (充飢)
如饥似渴 (如飢似渴)
饥不择食 (飢不擇食)
饥渴 (飢渴)

似

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Meta:

  1. 似 is the 431st most frequent character.
  2. 似 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 似 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 似 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
似 => 亻, 以
Radical :
似 => 亻 (human), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 人 (human)
Graphical :
似 => ㇒, 丨, 乚, 丶, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si4 - to seem/to appear/to resemble/similar/-like/pseudo-/(more) than

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 似 (si4): The component 以 is pronounced as 'yi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

似 
似乎 
貌似 

Medium Frequency

似的 
好似 
相似 
看似 
类似 (類似)

渴

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Meta:

  1. 渴 is the 1969th most frequent character.
  2. 渴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 渴 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 渴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
渴 => 氵, 曷
Radical :
渴 => 氵 (water), 曰 (say), 勹 (wrap), 人 (human), ㇗ (N/A)
Graphical :
渴 => ⺀, ㇀, 口, 一, ㇆, ㇒, 人, ㇗

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - thirsty

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 渴 (ke3): The component 曷 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

渴望 

Medium Frequency

口渴 
渴 
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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