HanziCraft - Information on 狼,吞,虎,咽

狼
吞
虎
咽

狼

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狼 is the 1706th most frequent character.
狼 has 1 dictionary entry.
狼 appears as a character in 26 words.
狼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

狼 => 犭, 良

Radical :

狼 => 犭 (dog), 艮 (stopping), 丶 (dot)

Graphical :

狼 => ㇁, ㇒, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

lang2 - wolf/CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 狼 (lang2): The component 良 is pronounced as 'liang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

狼狈 (狼狽)

吞

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吞 is the 1795th most frequent character.
吞 has 1 dictionary entry.
吞 appears as a character in 26 words.
吞 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

吞 => 天, 口

Radical :

吞 => 一 (one), 大 (big), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

吞 => 一, 人, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

tun1 - to swallow/to take

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 吞 (tun1): The component 天 is pronounced as 'tian1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

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Medium Frequency

吞没 (吞沒)

吞云吐雾 (吞雲吐霧)

忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)

云吞 (雲吞)

虎

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虎 is the 1081st most frequent character.
虎 has 1 dictionary entry.
虎 appears as a character in 61 words.
虎 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

虎 => 虍, 几

Radical :

虎 => 虍 (tiger stripes), 几 (table)

Graphical :

虎 => 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

hu3 - tiger/CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 虎 (hu3): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卧虎 (臥虎)

Medium Frequency

卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)

虎视眈眈 (虎視眈眈)

虎门 (虎門)

虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)

马虎 (馬虎)

马马虎虎 (馬馬虎虎)

龙虎 (龍虎)

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虎 also appears in:

彪唬琥虢號虒虝

咽

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咽 is the 2027th most frequent character.
咽 has 3 dictionary entries.
咽 appears as a character in 13 words.
咽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

咽 => 口, 因

Radical :

咽 => 口 (mouth), 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)

Graphical :

咽 => 口, 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

yan1 - narrow pass/throat/pharynx
yan4 - to swallow
ye4 - to choke (in crying)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan1): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
Pronunciation clue for 咽 (ye4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)

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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