1. 寄
  2. 托

寄

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  1. 寄 is the 1609th most frequent character.
  2. 寄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寄 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 寄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
寄 => 宀, 奇
Radical :
寄 => 宀 (roof), 大 (big), 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
寄 => 冖, 丶, 人, 一, 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - to live (in a house)/to lodge/to mail/to send/to entrust/to depend

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 奇 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 奇 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寄 
寄托 (寄託)

Medium Frequency

寄予 
寄人篱下 (寄人籬下)
寄件人 
寄出 
寄存 
寄宿 
寄望 
寄生 
寄养 (寄養)
邮寄 (郵寄)

托

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Meta:

  1. 托 is the 797th most frequent character.
  2. 托 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 托 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 托 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
托 => 扌, 乇
Radical :
托 => 扌 (hand), ㇒ (N/A), 乚 (second), 一 (one)
Graphical :
托 => 亅, 二, ㇒, 乚, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tuo1 - prop/support (for weight)/rest (e.g. arm rest)/thanks to/to hold in one's hand/to support in one's palm/to give/to base/to commit/to set/Torr (unit of pressure)
  2. tuo1 - to trust/to entrust/to be entrusted with/to act as trustee

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 托 (tuo1): The component 乇 is pronounced as 'tuo1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 托 (tuo1): The component 乇 is pronounced as 'tuo1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寄托 (寄託)
托 
拜托 (拜託)
摩托 
摩托车 (摩托車)
衬托 (襯托)

Medium Frequency

交托 
依托 
信托 (信託)
克里斯托弗 
委托 (委託)
托付 
托儿 (托兒)
托儿所 (托兒所)
托尔斯泰 (托爾斯泰)
托福 
托管 
托运 (托運)
托马斯 (托馬斯)
摩托罗拉 (摩托羅拉)
乌托邦 (烏托邦)
烘托 
托词 (託詞)
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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