1. 直
  2. 言
  3. 不
  4. 讳

直

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Meta:

  1. 直 is the 255th most frequent character.
  2. 直 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 直 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 直 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
直 => 十, No glyph available
Radical :
直 => 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
直 => 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi2 - surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. zhi2 - straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一直 
直 
直接 
直播 

Medium Frequency

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

Appears In:

直 also appears in:
值置植殖矗埴禃稙

言

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Meta:

  1. 言 is the 355th most frequent character.
  2. 言 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 言 appears as a character in 138 words.
  4. 言 appears as a component in 386 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
言 => 亠, No glyph available
Radical :
言 => 言 (speech)
Graphical :
言 => 一, 丶, 二, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - words/speech/to say/to talk
  2. yan2 - "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)/see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 言 (yan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

留言 
箴言 
言 
语言 (語言)
谎言 (謊言)

Medium Frequency

一言不发 (一言不發)
一言九鼎 
不言而喻 
代言 
代言人 
传言 (傳言)
前言 
千言万语 (千言萬語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
名言 
失言 
宣言 
寓言 
寡言 
怨言 
慎言 
文言文 
方言 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
格言 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
无言 (無言)
无言以对 (無言以對)
甜言 
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
直言 
真言 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
总而言之 (總而言之)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
言行 
言语 (言語)
言论 (言論)
言辞 (言辭)
誓言 
诺言 (諾言)
谣言 (謠言)
遗言 (遺言)
预言 (預言)
食言 

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言 also appears in:
信言警誉誓譬詹瞻檐赡蟾這澹燮詈唁變謇誊說論證鞫診調訇認儋谵請謝訾狺話誤計語謂膽議護讀訓識讓設試躞記許討詳該辯諡諸讉談譞誌謴霅謹訉詞詾評訢蔎詢課訊諹誖訄訙誘謿託瞓訚譢訒講讝訂謺訴讕讚謦詣詩諥讞詼諝譟詥詝謱誥詧讏簷訪藷蠻訌訛詿諄譜詤譓訕訝詠誳諆鍧訃訋詫詬詮詻誠謬譃譄譯譽謏韂詯誴諓謧謪譁訟詟詵譔訆訏訽詨譻訅詭讈誕誡訑訣詰詸誰諏諛諮諱謥謨譫鑾詒誇謟讙訐訔詖詗詪諈諑讌聸誾譅譌譸讜羉薝詅詇詐誻諧謚靄詛誽諂謡罰訜訡訮証詷詺諉諒諘諦諺謀謠謩謸謽讍讛訹諠蠩註詄譗説詀訞謄说话论认计许设记该让识议证调请谈语讲诉试谁读评讨误谢诗谓词诺谋诸训访诚订译课罚讯辩诊详储狱询诱讼谨诞谅谊谭讶谎谱讽谦谬谍诈谐谜谴诵谕诡谣诏诧诫诀讳讥谏诬诅谟谤诛谛谒诘蔼诣诲诽谚谑讪诠诃讹浒诩讷谩谀谙诰诙谆谥谧谌谄谡诿霭谔诒谝谗诤诋诳谘讫诜谖诮诨讣谶讴诌谲诟诓诖诹诂谪谠谯讦讧诔讵诎诶雠谰谇诼谂槠谳谮谞谫诪谉诐讬讱诇

不

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

讳

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Meta:

  1. 讳 is the 2906th most frequent character.
  2. 讳 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 讳 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 讳 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
讳 => 讠, 韦
Radical :
讳 => 讠 (speech), 韦 (tanned leather)
Graphical :
讳 => ㇊, 丶, 一, 二, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hui4 - to avoid mentioning/taboo word/name of deceased emperor or superior

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

忌讳 (忌諱)

Medium Frequency

直言不讳 (直言不諱)
讳莫如深 (諱莫如深)
避讳 (避諱)
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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