1. 老
  2. 驥
  3. 伏
  4. 櫪

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or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough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)

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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

驥

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  1. 驥 is the 3826th most frequent character.
  2. 驥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 驥 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 驥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
驥 => 馬, 冀
Radical :
驥 => 馬 (horse), 北 (N/A), 田 (field), 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
驥 => 一, 二, 丨, ㇉, 灬, 北, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 艹, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - thoroughbred horse/refined and virtuous

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 驥 (ji4): The component 冀 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 驥 (ji4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老骥伏枥 (老驥伏櫪)
冯骥才 (馮驥才)

Medium Frequency

按图索骥 (按圖索驥)
骥 (驥)

伏

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  1. 伏 is the 1387th most frequent character.
  2. 伏 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 伏 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 伏 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
伏 => 亻, 犬
Radical :
伏 => 亻 (human), 犬 (dog)
Graphical :
伏 => ㇒, 丨, 人, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fu2 - surname Fu
  2. fu2 - to lean over/to fall (go down)/to hide (in ambush)/to conceal oneself/to lie low/hottest days of summer/to submit/to concede defeat/to overcome/to subdue/volt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

埋伏 
潜伏 (潛伏)
起伏 

Medium Frequency

伏 
伏案 
伏牛山 
伏特加 
伏笔 (伏筆)
光伏 
此起彼伏 

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伏 also appears in:
袱茯

櫪

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  1. 櫪 is the 5246th most frequent character.
  2. 櫪 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 櫪 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 櫪 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
櫪 => 木, 歷
Radical :
櫪 => 木 (tree), 厂 (cliff), 秝 (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
櫪 => 一, 丨, 八, 厂, 秝, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. li4 - type of oak/stable (for horses)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 櫪 (li4): The component 歷 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 櫪 (li4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老骥伏枥 (老驥伏櫪)

Medium Frequency

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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