1. 欲
  2. 壑
  3. 难
  4. 填

欲

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  1. 欲 is the 1043rd most frequent character.
  2. 欲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 欲 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 欲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
欲 => 谷, 欠
Radical :
欲 => 谷 (valley), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欲 => 八, 人, 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed
  2. yu4 - to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欲 (yu4): The component 谷 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

欲 (慾)
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

壑

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  1. 壑 is the 3871st most frequent character.
  2. 壑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壑 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 壑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壑 => 㕡, 土
Radical :
壑 => 卜 (divination), 冂 (upside down box), 一 (one), 谷 (valley), 又 (right hand), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
壑 => 丨, 丶, 冂, 一, 八, 人, 口, ㇇, ㇏, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. he4 - gully

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沟壑 (溝壑)

Medium Frequency

丘壑 
欲壑难填 (慾壑難填)

难

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  1. 难 is the 295th most frequent character.
  2. 难 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 难 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 难 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
难 => 又, 隹
Radical :
难 => 又 (right hand), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
难 => ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nan2 - difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good
  2. nan4 - disaster/distress/to scold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
难 (難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

Appears In:

难 also appears in:
滩摊瘫傩

填

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  1. 填 is the 1967th most frequent character.
  2. 填 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 填 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 填 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
填 => 土, 真
Radical :
填 => 土 (earth), 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
填 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian2 - to fill or stuff/(of a form etc) to fill in

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 填 (tian2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

填 

Medium Frequency

填充 
填写 (填寫)
填满 (填滿)
填空 
填补 (填補)
填词 (填詞)
填饱 (填飽)
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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