1. 说
  2. 话

说

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Meta:

  1. 说 is the 24th most frequent character.
  2. 说 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 说 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 说 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
说 => 讠, 兑
Radical :
说 => 讠 (speech), 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
说 => ㇊, 丶, 丷, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
  2. shuo1 - to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 说 (shui4): The component 兑 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传说 (傳說)
说 (說)

Medium Frequency

来说 (來說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
听说 (聽說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
说不定 (說不定)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说话 (說話)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)

话

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Meta:

  1. 话 is the 170th most frequent character.
  2. 话 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 话 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 话 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
话 => 讠, 舌
Radical :
话 => 讠 (speech), 舌 (tongue)
Graphical :
话 => ㇊, 丶, ㇒, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hua4 - dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what sb said/CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大话骰 (大話骰)
的话 (的話)
话 (話)
说话 (說話)
电话 (電話)

Medium Frequency

俗话 (俗話)
假话 (假話)
坏话 (壞話)
梦话 (夢話)
好话 (好話)
实话 (實話)
对话 (對話)
废话 (廢話)
心里话 (心裡話)
情话 (情話)
普通话 (普通話)
无话可说 (無話可說)
神话 (神話)
童话 (童話)
笑话 (笑話)
听话 (聽話)
话剧 (話劇)
话语 (話語)
话费 (話費)
话题 (話題)
谈话 (談話)
谎话 (謊話)
讲话 (講話)
通话 (通話)
电话卡 (電話卡)
脏话 (髒話)
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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