1. 甚
  2. 麼
  3. 樣

甚

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  1. 甚 is a very uncommon character.
  2. 甚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 甚 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 甚 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甚 => 甘, 匹
Radical :
甚 => 甘 (sweet), 匚 (box), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
甚 => 艹, 二, 一, ㇗, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen4 - what/very/extremely/any

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

甚至 

Medium Frequency

甚 
甚么 (甚麼)

Appears In:

甚 also appears in:
堪勘斟湛谌戡葚椹糂踸黮

麼

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  1. 麼 is the 63rd most frequent character.
  2. 麼 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 麼 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 麼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
麼 => 麻, 幺
Radical :
麼 => 麻 (hemp), 幺 (short/tiny)
Graphical :
麼 => 厂, 丶, 林, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma2 - exclamatory final particle
  2. ma5 - interrogative final particle
  3. me5 - suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc
  4. mo2 - tiny/insignificant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (me5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (mo2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
怎么 (怎麼)
这么 (這麼)
那么 (那麼)

Medium Frequency

多么 (多麼)
怎么样 (怎麼樣)
为什么 (為什麼)

樣

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  1. 樣 is the 88th most frequent character.
  2. 樣 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 樣 appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. 樣 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
樣 => 木, 羕
Radical :
樣 => 木 (tree), 羊 (sheep), ㇆ (N/A), ㇇ (N/A), No glyph available, 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
樣 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 二, 丨, 丷, ㇆, ㇇, 冫, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang4 - manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 樣 (yang4): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一样 (一樣)
怎样 (怎樣)
这样 (這樣)

Medium Frequency

同样 (同樣)
小样 (小樣)
怎么样 (怎麼樣)
榜样 (榜樣)
模样 (模樣)
样 (樣)
样子 (樣子)
样样 (樣樣)
照样 (照樣)
什么样 (甚麼樣)
那样 (那樣)
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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