1. 望
  2. 梅
  3. 止
  4. 渴

望

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  1. 望 is the 326th most frequent character.
  2. 望 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 望 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 望 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
望 => 肓, 王
Radical :
望 => 匸 (hiding enclosure), 丶 (dot), 月 (moon), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
望 => 匸, 丶, 冂, 二, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang4 - full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

希望 

Medium Frequency

仰望 
失望 
奢望 
欲望 (慾望)
指望 
望 
期望 
渴望 
盼望 
绝望 (絕望)
声望 (聲望)
愿望 (願望)

梅

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  1. 梅 is the 1157th most frequent character.
  2. 梅 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 梅 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 梅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
梅 => 木, 每
Radical :
梅 => 木 (tree), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 母 (do not)
Graphical :
梅 => 一, 丨, 八, 丿, 一, ㇗, ㇆, ⺀, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mei2 - surname Mei
  2. mei2 - plum/plum flower/Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
  3. mei2 - variant of 梅[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 每 is pronounced as 'mei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 母 is pronounced as 'mu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

梅 
梅花 

Medium Frequency

卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
望梅止渴 
梅子 
梅州 
梅林 
梅毒 
梅县 (梅縣)
梅花鹿 
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
梅雨 
杨梅 (楊梅)
腊梅 (臘梅)
话梅 (話梅)
酸梅 
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)

止

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  1. 止 is the 596th most frequent character.
  2. 止 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 止 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 止 appears as a component in 103 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
止 => ⺊, 丄
Radical :
止 => 止 (stop)
Graphical :
止 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - to stop/to prohibit/until/only

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 止 (zhi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

停止 
止 
为止 (為止)
禁止 
防止 
阻止 

Medium Frequency

不止 
制止 
截止 
止咳 
止境 
止步 
止痛 
止血 
终止 (終止)
举止 (舉止)
观止 (觀止)
适可而止 (適可而止)
静止 (靜止)

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渴

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  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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