1. 想
  2. 像

想

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Meta:

  1. 想 is the 99th most frequent character.
  2. 想 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 想 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 想 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
想 => 相, 心
Radical :
想 => 木 (tree), 目 (eye), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
想 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 二, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang3 - to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

想 

Medium Frequency

梦想 (夢想)
幻想 
心想 
思想 
想到 
想念 
想想 
想法 
想要 
想象 
想起 
理想 

像

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Meta:

  1. 像 is the 294th most frequent character.
  2. 像 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 像 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 像 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
像 => 亻, 象
Radical :
像 => 亻 (human), ⺈ (knife), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available, No glyph available
Graphical :
像 => ㇒, 丨, ⺈, 口, 丨, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang4 - to resemble/to be like/to look as if/such as/appearance/image/portrait/image under a mapping (math.)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 像 (xiang4): The component 象 is pronounced as 'xiang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

像 
好像 

Medium Frequency

偶像 
想像 
头像 (頭像)
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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