1. 甘
  2. 之
  3. 如
  4. 飴

甘

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  1. 甘 is the 1406th most frequent character.
  2. 甘 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 甘 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 甘 appears as a component in 67 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甘 => 艹, 二
Radical :
甘 => 甘 (sweet)
Graphical :
甘 => 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gan1 - surname Gan/abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
  2. gan1 - sweet/willing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甘 (gan1): The component 甘 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

甘 

Medium Frequency

不甘心 
心甘情愿 (心甘情願)
甘心 
甘于 (甘於)
甘油 
甘甜 
甘肃 (甘肅)
甘草 
甘蔗 
甘愿 (甘願)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)

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甘 also appears in:
其斯期基某甚谋旗甘媒欺煤堪甜棋撕勘嘶嵌厮琪斟湛钳祺酣簸邯淇谌柑箕苷麒戡绀箝綦甙蚶泔葚疳椹澌骐坩萁碁蜞鯕鲯磡霮諆禥簯粓糂踸黮稘粸紺謀禖魽

之

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  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

Appears In:

之 also appears in:
乏芝

如

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Meta:

  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. 如 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 如 appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. 如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
如 => 女, 口
Radical :
如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:
恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

飴

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Meta:

  1. 飴 is the 5304th most frequent character.
  2. 飴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 飴 appears as a character in 0 words.
  4. 飴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
飴 => 飠, 台
Radical :
飴 => 人 (human), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 丶 (dot), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
飴 => 人, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丶, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi2 - syrup

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 飴 (yi2): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 飴 (yi2): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 飴 (yi2): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

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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