1. 苦
  2. 艾

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 

艾

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  1. 艾 is the 1289th most frequent character.
  2. 艾 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 艾 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 艾 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
艾 => 艹, 乂
Radical :
艾 => 艹 (grass), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
艾 => 艹, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ai4 - surname Ai
  2. ai4 - Chinese mugwort or wormwood/to stop or cut short/phonetic "ai" or "i"/abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
  3. yi4 - to mow/to cut/to reap/to redress

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (ai4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (yi4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

自怨自艾 
艾 
艾滋 
艾滋病 

Medium Frequency

布宜诺斯艾利斯 (布宜諾斯艾利斯)
艾哈迈迪内贾德 (艾哈邁迪內賈德)
艾未未 
艾森豪威尔 (艾森豪威爾)
艾灸 
艾美奖 (艾美獎)
艾草 
艾叶 (艾葉)
艾迪 
艾青 
苦艾 
苦艾酒 
防艾 

Appears In:

艾 also appears in:
哎砹鴱餀
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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