1. 寧
  2. 缺
  3. 毋
  4. 濫

寧

Previous (牛)Next (纸)
  • 1017th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 154 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
寧→
寍丁
2Radical
寧→
宀roof心heart皿dish一one亅hook
3Graphical
寧→
冖丶𠁼㇃冂丨一一亅

Pinyin & Meaning

1. níng (Ning2)abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] • abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] • surname Ning
2. níng (ning2)peaceful • rather
3. nìng (ning4)rather • to prefer
4. níng (ning2)peaceful

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 寧 níng (ning2)The component 丁 is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 寧 nìng (ning4)The component 丁 is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

寧 also appears in:
矃聹

Example Words

High Frequency

列宁 (列寧)
南宁 (南寧)
安宁 (安寧)
宁 (寧)
宁可 (寧可)
宁波 (寧波)
宁静 (寧靜)
宁愿 (寧願)
辽宁 (遼寧)

Medium Frequency

南宁市 (南寧市)
咸宁 (咸寧)
大宁 (大寧)
宁夏 (寧夏)
宁德 (寧德)
宁死不屈 (寧死不屈)
宁波市 (寧波市)
宁海 (寧海)
宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
宁肯 (寧肯)
宁乡 (寧鄉)
宁静致远 (寧靜致遠)
广宁 (廣寧)
心神不宁 (心神不寧)
息事宁人 (息事寧人)
普宁 (普寧)
普宁市 (普寧市)
李宁 (李寧)
武宁 (武寧)
江宁 (江寧)
江宁区 (江寧區)
海宁 (海寧)
沪宁 (滬寧)
济宁 (濟寧)
兴宁 (興寧)
万宁 (萬寧)
西宁 (西寧)
贝宁 (貝寧)
遂宁 (遂寧)
辽宁省 (遼寧省)
长宁 (長寧)
长宁区 (長寧區)
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缺

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  • 873rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
缺→
缶夬
2Radical
缺→
缶jarNo glyph available丨line人human
3Graphical
缺→
一一丨㇒丨凵匚丨人

Pinyin & Meaning

1. quē (que1)deficiency • lack • scarce • vacant post • to run short of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

缺 
缺乏 
缺少 
缺点 (缺點)

Medium Frequency

不可或缺 
欠缺 
残缺 (殘缺)
缺口 
缺失 
缺席 
缺德 
缺憾 
缺氧 
缺陷 
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毋

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  • 2870th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
毋→
No glyph available𠂇
2Radical
毋→
毋do not
3Graphical
毋→
㇗㇆𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wú (Wu2)surname Wu
2. wú (wu2)no • don't

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 毋 wú (wu2)The component 毋 is pronounced as 'wú' (wu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

毋 also appears in:
毋海每母毒姆梅繁敏悔霉侮毓拇酶晦嗨诲莓碡蘩纛鳘坶鋂砪緐鰵

Example Words

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
毋 
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濫

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  • 2277th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
濫→
氵監
2Radical
濫→
氵water臣minister/official丿bend一one丶dot皿dish
3Graphical
濫→
⺀㇀一㇗丨匚丿一丶冂丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. làn (lan4)overflowing • excessive • indiscriminate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

泛滥 (泛濫)
滥 (濫)

Medium Frequency

宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
滥交 (濫交)
滥用 (濫用)
滥竽 (濫竽)
狂轰滥炸 (狂轟濫炸)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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