1. 苟
  2. 延
  3. 殘
  4. 喘

苟

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  1. 苟 is the 2880th most frequent character.
  2. 苟 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 苟 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 苟 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
苟 => 艹, 句
Radical :
苟 => 艹 (grass), 勹 (wrap), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
苟 => 艹, ㇆, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gou3 - surname Gou
  2. gou3 - if/supposing/careless/negligent/temporarily

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苟 (gou3): The component 句 is pronounced as 'gou1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苟 (gou3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

苟 

Medium Frequency

一丝不苟 (一絲不苟)
苟且 
苟同 
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

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苟 also appears in:
敬

延

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  1. 延 is the 1101st most frequent character.
  2. 延 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 延 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 延 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
延 => 廴, No glyph available
Radical :
延 => 廴 (long stride), ㇒ (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
延 => ㇋, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - to prolong/to extend/to delay

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 延 (yan2): The component 廴 is pronounced as 'yin4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

延伸 
延安 
延缓 (延緩)
延续 (延續)
延误 (延誤)
延长 (延長)
拖延 
蔓延 

Medium Frequency

延 
延吉 
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
延后 (延後)
延庆 (延慶)
延期 
延津 
延迟 (延遲)
延边 (延邊)
绵延 (綿延)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

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延 also appears in:
诞蜒涎筵埏綖蜑莚駳鋋誕鯅硟

殘

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  1. 殘 is the 1148th most frequent character.
  2. 殘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 殘 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 殘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
殘 => 歹, 戔
Radical :
殘 => 歹 (death/decay), 戔 (N/A)
Graphical :
殘 => 一, 夕, 戔

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. can2 - to destroy/to spoil/to ruin/to injure/cruel/oppressive/savage/brutal/incomplete/disabled/to remain/to survive/remnant/surplus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

残 (殘)
残忍 (殘忍)
残酷 (殘酷)

Medium Frequency

凶残 (兇殘)
凶残 (凶殘)
摧残 (摧殘)
残卷 (殘卷)
残存 (殘存)
残害 (殘害)
残局 (殘局)
残废 (殘廢)
残暴 (殘暴)
残杀 (殘殺)
残渣 (殘渣)
残留 (殘留)
残疾 (殘疾)
残疾人 (殘疾人)
残缺 (殘缺)
残余 (殘餘)
残骸 (殘骸)

喘

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  1. 喘 is the 1974th most frequent character.
  2. 喘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 喘 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 喘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
喘 => 口, 耑
Radical :
喘 => 口 (mouth), 山 (mountain), 而 (beard)
Graphical :
喘 => 口, 丨, 凵, 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan3 - to gasp/to pant/asthma

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 喘 (chuan3): The component 耑 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

喘 

Medium Frequency

哮喘 
喘息 
喘气 (喘氣)
气喘 (氣喘)
气喘吁吁 (氣喘吁吁)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)
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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