1. 釋
  2. 然

釋

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  1. 釋 is the 811th most frequent character.
  2. 釋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 釋 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 釋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
釋 => 釆, 睪
Radical :
釋 => 釆 (distinguish/choose), 罒 (net), 土 (earth), 丷 (eight/divide), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
釋 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - to explain/to release

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 釋 (shi4): The component 睪 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

解释 (解釋)
释放 (釋放)

Medium Frequency

稀释 (稀釋)
诠释 (詮釋)
释怀 (釋懷)
释手 (釋手)
释然 (釋然)
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)

然

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Meta:

  1. 然 is the 55th most frequent character.
  2. 然 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 然 appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. 然 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
然 => 肰, 灬
Radical :
然 => 月 (moon), 犬 (dog), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
然 => 冂, 二, 人, 一, 丶, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
然 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

Appears In:

然 also appears in:
燃蹨
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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