1. 欲
  2. 罢
  3. 不
  4. 能

欲

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Meta:

  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)

罢

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Meta:

  1. 罢 is the 1303rd most frequent character.
  2. 罢 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 罢 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 罢 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
罢 => 罒, 去
Radical :
罢 => 罒 (net), 土 (earth), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
罢 => 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba4 - to stop/to cease/to dismiss/to suspend/to quit/to finish
  2. ba5 - (final particle, same as 吧)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

罢 (罷)
罢了 (罷了)

Medium Frequency

作罢 (作罷)
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
罢休 (罷休)
罢工 (罷工)

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罢 also appears in:
摆罴

不

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

能

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Meta:

  1. 能 is the 35th most frequent character.
  2. 能 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 能 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 能 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
能 => 䏍, No glyph available
Radical :
能 => 厶 (private), 月 (moon), No glyph available
Graphical :
能 => ㇛, 丶, 冂, 二, 匕

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Neng2 - surname Neng
  2. neng2 - to be able to/to be capable of/ability/capability/able/capable/can possibly/(usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

能 

Medium Frequency

功能 
可能 
技能 
智能 
能力 
能否 
能够 (能夠)
能干 (能幹)
能量 

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能 also appears in:
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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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