1. 歉
  2. 欠
  3. 嵌
  4. 芡

歉

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  1. 歉 is the 2144th most frequent character.
  2. 歉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 歉 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 歉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
歉 => 兼, 欠
Radical :
歉 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), No glyph available, 八 (eight/divide), ⺕ (pig snout), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
歉 => 丷, 一, 丨, 八, 匚, 一, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian4 - to apologize/to regret/deficient

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 歉 (qian4): The component 兼 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 歉 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

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Medium Frequency

抱歉 
道歉 

欠

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  1. 欠 is the 1945th most frequent character.
  2. 欠 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 欠 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 欠 appears as a component in 82 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
欠 => ⺈, 人
Radical :
欠 => 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欠 => ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian4 - deficient/to owe/to lack/yawn

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欠 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

欠 

Medium Frequency

哈欠 
拖欠 
欠佳 
欠揍 
欠缺 
欠费 (欠費)
亏欠 (虧欠)

Appears In:

欠 also appears in:
次资欢款欧歌软欲吹欣饮盗欺歇滴姿茨欠摘钦歉砍瓷咨坎掀羡厥嗽嵌懿嘀炊漱阙嫡欤獗簌恣撅蕨歆蹶谘锨噘揿歙橛谪芡镢飲適肷粢欹軟欷歃資镝劂鱖趑鳜蔌餈蹷趦盜藗薋鏉闕窾秶諮蟨飮蠍

嵌

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  1. 嵌 is the 2825th most frequent character.
  2. 嵌 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 嵌 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 嵌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嵌 => 山, 𣢟
Radical :
嵌 => 山 (mountain), 甘 (sweet), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
嵌 => 丨, 凵, 艹, 二, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kan3 - see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]
  2. qian4 - to inlay/to embed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (kan3): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (kan3): The component 甘 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 嵌 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

嵌 
嵌入 
嵌进 (嵌進)
镶嵌 (鑲嵌)

芡

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  1. 芡 is the 5156th most frequent character.
  2. 芡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 芡 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 芡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
芡 => 艹, 欠
Radical :
芡 => 艹 (grass), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
芡 => 艹, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian4 - Gorgon plant/fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox)/makhana (Hindi)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 芡 (qian4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

勾芡 
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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