1. 死
  2. 而
  3. 后
  4. 已

死

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  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

而

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  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

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而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

后

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  1. 后 is the 48th most frequent character.
  2. 后 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 后 appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. 后 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
后 => ⺁, 𠮛
Radical :
后 => ⺁ (cliff), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
后 => 丿, ㇒, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hou4 - surname Hou
  2. hou4 - empress/queen
  3. hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 后 (hou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
后 
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后悔 (後悔)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
皇后 
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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后 also appears in:
垢逅诟骺郈詬

已

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  1. 已 is the 117th most frequent character.
  2. 已 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 已 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 已 appears as a component in 85 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
已 => 己
Radical :
已 => 已 (oneself)
Graphical :
已 => 已

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi3 - already/to stop/then/afterwards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 已 (yi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 已 (yi3): The component 已 is pronounced as 'yi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

已 
已经 (已經)

Medium Frequency

而已 

Appears In:

已 also appears in:
起已己记改纪配凯岂忌妃恺杞皑铠觊闿圮芑桤跽剀紀鱾硙屺垲鵋邔民导包异跑炮港抱胞眠饱泡鲍袍巷熙氓祀咆巳刨抿苞雹疱庖孢泯夔龅岷匏愍缗狍汜珉圯緡飑飽菢砲闀苠遷鈱袌麅窇笣韆鞄褜萢
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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