1. 死
  2. 去
  3. 活
  4. 来

死

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Meta:

  1. 死 is the 317th most frequent character.
  2. 死 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 死 appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. 死 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
死 => 歹, 匕
Radical :
死 => 歹 (death/decay), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
死 => 一, 夕, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si3 - to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 死 (si3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

死 

Medium Frequency

冻死 (凍死)
半死 
去死 
堵死 
害死 
弄死 
打死 
掐死 
撞死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死去活来 (死去活來)
死因 
死心 
死心塌地 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死神 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
气死 (氣死)
生死 
要死 
起死回生 
逼死 
饿死 (餓死)

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死 also appears in:
毙

去

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Meta:

  1. 去 is the 64th most frequent character.
  2. 去 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 去 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 去 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qu4 - to go/to go to (a place)/to cause to go or send (sb)/to remove/to get rid of/(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth/to be apart from in space or time/(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)/(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)/(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 去 (qu4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

去 

Medium Frequency

上去 
下去 
出去 
去年 
回去 
失去 
进去 (進去)
过去 (過去)

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去 also appears in:
法却罢劫怯祛砝珐盍袪胠

活

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Meta:

  1. 活 is the 219th most frequent character.
  2. 活 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 活 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 活 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
活 => 氵, 舌
Radical :
活 => 氵 (water), 舌 (tongue)
Graphical :
活 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇒, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. huo2 - to live/alive/living/work/workmanship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

活 
活动 (活動)
生活 

Medium Frequency

干活 (幹活)
复活 (復活)
忙活 
活佛 
活力 
活活 
活泼 (活潑)
活该 (活該)
活跃 (活躍)
激活 

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活 also appears in:
阔闊

来

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Meta:

  1. 来 is the 15th most frequent character.
  2. 来 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 来 appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. 来 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
来 => 未, 丷
Radical :
来 => 木 (tree), 一 (one), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
来 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lai2 - to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来 (來)
来自 (來自)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)

Medium Frequency

上来 (上來)
下来 (下來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来临 (來臨)
来说 (來說)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
带来 (帶來)
后来 (後來)
从来 (從來)
想来 (想來)
拿来 (拿來)
接下来 (接下來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
用来 (用來)
看来 (看來)
进来 (進來)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

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来 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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