1. 耀
  2. 武
  3. 揚
  4. 威

耀

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  1. 耀 is the 1802nd most frequent character.
  2. 耀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 耀 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 耀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
耀 => 光, 翟
Radical :
耀 => ⺌ (small), 一 (one), 儿 (legs), 羽 (feather), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
耀 => 丨, 丷, 一, 丿, 乚, 羽, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yao4 - brilliant/glorious

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 耀 (yao4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 耀 (yao4): The component 羽 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

闪耀 (閃耀)

Medium Frequency

荣耀 (榮耀)
炫耀 
照耀 
耀眼 

武

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  1. 武 is the 501st most frequent character.
  2. 武 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 武 appears as a character in 115 words.
  4. 武 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
武 => No glyph available, 止
Radical :
武 => 一 (one), 弋 (arrow), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
武 => 一, 弋, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wu3 - surname Wu
  2. wu3 - martial/military

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

威武 
武器 
武将 (武將)
武林 
武汉 (武漢)
武艺 (武藝)
武术 (武術)

Medium Frequency

宣武区 (宣武區)
尚武 
文武 
核武器 
武 
武侯区 (武侯區)
武侠 (武俠)
武则天 (武則天)
武力 
武功 
武士 
武夷山 
武宁 (武寧)
武打 
武断 (武斷)
武昌 
武昌区 (武昌區)
武松 
武汉市 (武漢市)
武生 
武当山 (武當山)
武装 (武裝)
武警 
玄武 
玄武区 (玄武區)

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武 also appears in:
赋斌鹉賦碔

揚

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  1. 揚 is the 1082nd most frequent character.
  2. 揚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 揚 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 揚 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
揚 => 扌, 昜
Radical :
揚 => 扌 (hand), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
揚 => 亅, 二, 口, 一, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang2 - to raise/to hoist/the action of tossing or winnowing/scattering (in the wind)/to flutter/to propagate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 昜 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上扬 (上揚)
张扬 (張揚)
扬州 (揚州)
扬帆 (揚帆)
昂扬 (昂揚)
表扬 (表揚)
赞扬 (讚揚)
飘扬 (飄揚)
飞扬 (飛揚)

Medium Frequency

分道扬镳 (分道揚鑣)
宣扬 (宣揚)
弘扬 (弘揚)
悠扬 (悠揚)
抑扬 (抑揚)
扬名 (揚名)
扬州市 (揚州市)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
扬言 (揚言)
扬起 (揚起)
扬长而去 (揚長而去)
沸沸扬扬 (沸沸揚揚)
发扬 (發揚)
发扬光大 (發揚光大)
纷纷扬扬 (紛紛揚揚)
耀武扬威 (耀武揚威)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)

威

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  1. 威 is the 622nd most frequent character.
  2. 威 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 威 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 威 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
威 => 戌, 女
Radical :
威 => 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
威 => 厂, 戈, 一, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei1 - power/might/prestige

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Medium Frequency

威 
威信 
威仪 (威儀)
威严 (威嚴)
威士忌 
威廉 
威望 
威海 
威尔士 (威爾士)
威猛 
威逼 
威风 (威風)
挪威 
荣威 (榮威)
武威 
海明威 
淫威 
百威 
示威 
示威者 
科威特 
路易威登 

Appears In:

威 also appears in:
崴葳
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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