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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (death/decay), (spoon)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

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

 

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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  1. 穴 is the 1937th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. appears as a component in 80 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cave)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xue2 - cave/cavity/hole/acupuncture point/Taiwan pr. [xue4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 穴 (xue2): The component 穴 is pronounced as 'xue2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

太阳穴 (太陽穴)
 
穴位 

Medium Frequency

巢穴 
死穴 
洞穴 
穴道 
空穴来风 (空穴來風)
走穴 
点穴 (點穴)
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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