1. 穿
  2. 针
  3. 引
  4. 线

穿

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  1. 穿 is the 783rd most frequent character.
  2. 穿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 穿 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 穿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
穿 => 穴, 牙
Radical :
穿 => 穴 (cave), 牙 (fang)
Graphical :
穿 => 冖, 丶, 八, 一, 丨, ㇜, 亅, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan1 - to bore through/to pierce/to perforate/to penetrate/to pass through/to dress/to wear/to put on/to thread

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

穿 
穿越 

Medium Frequency

看穿 
穿上 
穿梭 
穿衣 

针

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  1. 针 is the 1114th most frequent character.
  2. 针 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 针 appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. 针 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
针 => 钅, 十
Radical :
针 => 钅 (metal/gold), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
针 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen1 - needle/pin/injection/stitch/CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打针 (打針)
针 (針)
针对 (針對)
针织 (針織)

Medium Frequency

一针见血 (一針見血)
分针 (分針)
别针 (別針)
扎针 (扎針)
指南针 (指南針)
指针 (指針)
方针 (方針)
时针 (時針)
秒针 (秒針)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
缝针 (縫針)
胸针 (胸針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
逆时针 (逆時針)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
针刺 (針刺)
针对性 (針對性)
针灸 (針灸)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
顺时针 (順時針)
预防针 (預防針)

引

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  1. 引 is the 479th most frequent character.
  2. 引 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 引 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 引 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
引 => 弓, 丨
Radical :
引 => 弓 (bow), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
引 => 匚, ㇉, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin3 - to draw (e.g. a bow)/to pull/to stretch sth/to extend/to lengthen/to involve or implicate in/to attract/to lead/to guide/to leave/to provide evidence or justification for/old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang1], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吸引 
吸引力 
引力 
引起 

Medium Frequency

勾引 
引 
引入 
引导 (引導)
引擎 
引爆 
引用 
引发 (引發)
引诱 (引誘)
引进 (引進)
引领 (引領)
指引 

Appears In:

引 also appears in:
蚓吲矧粌紖靷

线

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  1. 线 is the 430th most frequent character.
  2. 线 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 线 appears as a character in 169 words.
  4. 线 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
线 => 纟, 戋
Radical :
线 => 纟 (silk), 戋 (N/A)
Graphical :
线 => ㇛, 一, 戋

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian4 - variant of 線|线[xian4]
  2. xian4 - thread/string/wire/line/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 线 (xian4): The component 戋 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 线 (xian4): The component 戋 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上线 (上線)
在线 (在線)
底线 (底線)
曲线 (曲線)
毛线 (毛線)
火线 (火線)
无线 (無線)
眼线 (眼線)
紫外线 (紫外線)
线 (綫)
线条 (線條)
视线 (視線)
路线 (路線)

Medium Frequency

下线 (下線)
中线 (中線)
主线 (主線)
五线谱 (五線譜)
占线 (佔線)
光线 (光線)
全线 (全線)
分界线 (分界線)
前线 (前線)
单行线 (單行線)
地平线 (地平線)
天线 (天線)
专线 (專線)
导火线 (導火線)
平行线 (平行線)
干线 (幹線)
弧线 (弧線)
战线 (戰線)
拆线 (拆線)
抛物线 (拋物線)
掉线 (掉線)
斑马线 (斑馬線)
断线 (斷線)
有线 (有線)
沿线 (沿線)
海岸线 (海岸線)
无线电 (無線電)
热线 (熱線)
牙线 (牙線)
牵线 (牽線)
环线 (環線)
生产线 (生產線)
界线 (界線)
直线 (直線)
眼线液 (眼線液)
短线 (短線)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
米线 (米線)
红外线 (紅外線)
红线 (紅線)
丝线 (絲線)
线上 (線上)
线下 (線下)
线人 (線人)
线性 (線性)
线索 (線索)
线路 (線路)
航线 (航線)
起跑线 (起跑線)
路线图 (路線圖)
连线 (連線)
针线 (針線)
长线 (長線)
防线 (防線)
阵线 (陣線)
离线 (離線)
电源线 (電源線)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电话线 (電話線)
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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