1. 養
  2. 殖

養

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  1. 養 is the 759th most frequent character.
  2. 養 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 養 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 養 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
養 => No glyph available, 良
Radical :
養 => 羊 (sheep), 八 (eight/divide), 艮 (stopping), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
養 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 八, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang3 - to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to give birth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 養 (yang3): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养 (養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Medium Frequency

休养 (休養)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养性 (養性)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)

殖

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Meta:

  1. 殖 is the 1436th most frequent character.
  2. 殖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 殖 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 殖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
殖 => 歹, 直
Radical :
殖 => 歹 (death/decay), 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
殖 => 一, 夕, 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi2 - to grow/to reproduce

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 直 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

生殖 
繁殖 

Medium Frequency

增殖 
殖民 
殖民主义 (殖民主義)
殖民地 
殖民者 
生殖器 
养殖 (養殖)
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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