1. 阴
  2. 暗
  3. 面

阴

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Meta:

  1. 阴 is the 985th most frequent character.
  2. 阴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 阴 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 阴 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
阴 => 阝, 月
Radical :
阴 => 阝 (town), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
阴 => 丨, ㇌, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yin1 - surname Yin
  2. yin1 - overcast (weather)/cloudy/shady/Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)/negative (electric.)/feminine/moon/implicit/hidden/genitalia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阴 (yin1): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

光阴 (光陰)
阴 (陰)
阴冷 (陰冷)
阴天 (陰天)
阴影 (陰影)
阴暗 (陰暗)
阴谋 (陰謀)
阴霾 (陰霾)

Medium Frequency

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
江阴 (江陰)
阴功 (陰功)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴暗面 (陰暗面)
阴历 (陰曆)
阴森 (陰森)
阴沉 (陰沉)
阴凉 (陰涼)
阴湿 (陰濕)
阴茎 (陰莖)
阴虚 (陰虛)
阴道 (陰道)
阴间 (陰間)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阴险 (陰險)
阴云 (陰雲)
阴郁 (陰鬱)

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阴 also appears in:
荫

暗

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Meta:

  1. 暗 is the 827th most frequent character.
  2. 暗 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 暗 appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. 暗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
暗 => 日, 音
Radical :
暗 => 日 (sun/day), 音 (sound)
Graphical :
暗 => 口, 一, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. an4 - dark/gloomy/hidden/secret/muddled/obscure/in the dark
  2. an4 - to close (a door)/to eclipse/muddled/stupid/ignorant/variant of 暗[an4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

暗恋 (暗戀)
黑暗 

Medium Frequency

昏暗 
暗 
暗中 
暗地 
暗暗 
暗淡 
暗示 
暗算 
暗自 
暗藏 
暗号 (暗號)
柳暗花明 
灰暗 
阴暗 (陰暗)

面

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Meta:

  1. 面 is the 74th most frequent character.
  2. 面 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 面 appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. 面 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
面 => 丆, 囬
Radical :
面 => 面 (face)
Graphical :
面 => 一, 丿, 冂, 一, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian4 - face/side/surface/aspect/top/classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
  2. mian4 - variant of 麵|面[mian4]
  3. mian4 - flour/noodles

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 面 (mian4): The component 面 is pronounced as 'mian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 面 (mian4): The component 面 is pronounced as 'mian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上面 
下面 
前面 
外面 
后面 (後面)
方面 
桌面 
界面 
画面 (畫面)
里面 (裡面)
见面 (見面)
铁面 (鐵面)
面 
面前 
面对 (面對)

Medium Frequency

一面 
假面 
侧面 (側面)
全面 
冷面 
出面 
反面 
地面 
场面 (場面)
封面 
对面 (對面)
局面 
层面 (層面)
市面 
平面 
店面 
拉面 (拉麵)
扑面 (撲面)
方便面 (方便麵)
正面 
水面 
泡面 (泡麵)
洗面奶 
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
满面 (滿面)
炒面 (炒麵)
炸酱面 (炸醬麵)
热干面 (熱乾面)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
当面 (當面)
背面 
台面 (臺面)
表面 
谋面 (謀面)
负面 (負面)
路面 
迎面 
双面 (雙面)
面具 
面向 (面嚮)
面壁 
面子 
面孔 
面容 
面对面 (面對面)
面料 
面目 
面积 (面積)
面膜 
面临 (面臨)
面色 
面试 (面試)
面貌 
面部 
面霜 
页面 (頁面)
面包 (麵包)
面条 (麵條)
面粉 (麵粉)
面团 (麵糰)

Appears In:

面 also appears in:
面缅腼湎靥靦麵靣
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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