1. 老
  2. 虎
  3. 鉗

老

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  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. 老 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 老 appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. 老 appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
老 => 耂, 匕
Radical :
老 => 老 (old)
Graphical :
老 => 耂, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

Appears In:

老 also appears in:
老鳍姥嗜佬耆耄铑蓍耋栳粩蛯耈荖鬐螧都者教考著诸署绪储猪赌孝屠堵睹煮烤奢暑嘟哮拷躇薯曙酵铐褚赭渚箸潴锗禇楮橥翥槠栲阇諸覩豬緒藷陼硣耇闍鲓鷵耊蠩

虎

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Meta:

  1. 虎 is the 1081st most frequent character.
  2. 虎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 虎 appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. 虎 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
虎 => 虍, 几
Radical :
虎 => 虍 (tiger stripes), 几 (table)
Graphical :
虎 => 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hu3 - tiger/CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 虎 (hu3): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老虎 
卧虎 (臥虎)
虎 

Medium Frequency

壁虎 
如虎添翼 
狼吞虎咽 
猛虎 
卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)
虎口 
虎子 
虎年 
虎牙 
虎视眈眈 (虎視眈眈)
虎门 (虎門)
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
路虎 
雅虎 
马虎 (馬虎)
马马虎虎 (馬馬虎虎)
龙虎 (龍虎)

Appears In:

虎 also appears in:
彪唬琥虢號虒虝

鉗

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Meta:

  1. 鉗 is the 3338th most frequent character.
  2. 鉗 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鉗 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 鉗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鉗 => 金, 甘
Radical :
鉗 => 金 (metal/gold), 甘 (sweet)
Graphical :
鉗 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian2 - pincers/pliers/tongs/claw (of animal)/to grasp with pincers/to pinch/to clamp/to restrain/to restrict/to gag

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

钳子 (鉗子)

Medium Frequency

火钳 (火鉗)
产钳 (產鉗)
老虎钳 (老虎鉗)
钳 (鉗)
钳住 (鉗住)
钳制 (鉗制)
钳工 (鉗工)
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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