1. 苦
  2. 笑

苦

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  1. 苦 is the 633rd most frequent character.
  2. 苦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 苦 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 苦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
苦 => 艹, 古
Radical :
苦 => 艹 (grass), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
苦 => 艹, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ku3 - bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

痛苦 
苦 
辛苦 

Medium Frequency

何苦 
刻苦 
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
受苦 
吃苦 
艰苦 (艱苦)
苦力 
苦命 
苦工 
苦心 
苦闷 (苦悶)
苦恼 (苦惱)
苦涩 (苦澀)
苦瓜 
苦痛 
苦笑 
苦苦 
苦难 (苦難)
诉苦 (訴苦)
辛辛苦苦 
酸甜苦辣 

笑

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Meta:

  1. 笑 is the 346th most frequent character.
  2. 笑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 笑 appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. 笑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笑 => ⺮, 夭
Radical :
笑 => ⺮ (bamboo), ㇒ (N/A), 大 (big)
Graphical :
笑 => ⺮, ㇒, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao4 - laugh/smile/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微笑 
笑 

Medium Frequency

偷笑 
傻笑 
可笑 
嘲笑 
好笑 
搞笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑容 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑话 (笑話)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
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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