1. 诵
  2. 读

诵

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  1. 诵 is the 2552nd most frequent character.
  2. 诵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 诵 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 诵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
诵 => 讠, 甬
Radical :
诵 => 讠 (speech), 龴 (N/A), 用 (use)
Graphical :
诵 => ㇊, 丶, 龴, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. song4 - to read aloud/to recite

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 诵 (song4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 诵 (song4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 诵 (song4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

朗诵 (朗誦)
背诵 (背誦)

Medium Frequency

传诵 (傳誦)
吟诵 (吟誦)
念诵 (念誦)
诵经 (誦經)
诵读 (誦讀)

读

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Meta:

  1. 读 is the 751st most frequent character.
  2. 读 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 读 appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. 读 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
读 => 讠, 卖
Radical :
读 => 讠 (speech), 十 (ten), ㇖ (N/A), 大 (big), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
读 => ㇊, 丶, 一, 丨, ㇖, 人, 一, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dou4 - comma/phrase marked by pause
  2. du2 - to read/to study/reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 读 (dou4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 读 (dou4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 读 (du2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 读 (du2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

读 (讀)
读书 (讀書)
阅读 (閱讀)

Medium Frequency

导读 (導讀)
就读 (就讀)
复读 (復讀)
朗读 (朗讀)
解读 (解讀)
读后感 (讀後感)
读懂 (讀懂)
读书人 (讀書人)
读物 (讀物)
读者 (讀者)
重读 (重讀)
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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