1. 鷸
  2. 蚌
  3. 相
  4. 爭

鷸

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  1. 鷸 is the 4857th most frequent character.
  2. 鷸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鷸 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 鷸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鷸 => 矞, 鳥
Radical :
鷸 => 矛 (spear), 冂 (upside down box), 八 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 鳥 (bird)
Graphical :
鷸 => 龴, ㇖, 亅, ㇒, 冂, 八, 口, 匚, 一, ㇉, 丶, 一, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - common snipe/sandpiper

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鷸 (yu4): The component 矞 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鹬蚌相争 (鷸蚌相爭)

Medium Frequency

蚌

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  1. 蚌 is the 3938th most frequent character.
  2. 蚌 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 蚌 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 蚌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蚌 => 虫, 丰
Radical :
蚌 => 虫 (insect), 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
蚌 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 一, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Beng4 - abbr. for Bengbu prefecture level city 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 shi4], Anhui
  2. bang4 - mussel/clam

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蚌埠 

Medium Frequency

河蚌 

相

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  1. 相 is the 152nd most frequent character.
  2. 相 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 相 appears as a character in 188 words.
  4. 相 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
相 => 木, 目
Radical :
相 => 木 (tree), 目 (eye)
Graphical :
相 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiang1 - surname Xiang
  2. xiang1 - each other/one another/mutually
  3. xiang4 - appearance/portrait/picture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

互相 
相 
相信 
相册 (相冊)
相爱 (相愛)
相机 (相機)
相当 (相當)
相亲 (相親)
真相 

Medium Frequency

亮相 
意气相投 (意氣相投)
照相 
照相机 (照相機)
相互 
相交 
相伴 
相似 
相依 
相传 (相傳)
相公 
相助 
相反 
相同 
相对 (相對)
相差 
相干 
相待 
相应 (相應)
相恋 (相戀)
相投 
相撞 
相会 (相會)
相望 
相比 
相濡以沫 
相片 
相当于 (相當於)
相称 (相稱)
相约 (相約)
相继 (相繼)
相聚 
相声 (相聲)
相处 (相處)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
相识 (相識)
相貌 
相逢 
相连 (相連)
相遇 
相邻 (相鄰)
相关 (相關)
相隔 
臭味相投 
卖相 (賣相)
长相 (長相)

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相 also appears in:
想箱湘厢霜缃葙緗

爭

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  1. 爭 is the 344th most frequent character.
  2. 爭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 爭 appears as a character in 53 words.
  4. 爭 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
爭 => 爫, No glyph available
Radical :
爭 => 爫 (claw/talon), ⺕ (pig snout), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
爭 => 爫, 匚, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - to strive for/to vie for/to argue or debate/deficient or lacking (topolect)/how or what (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

战争 (戰爭)
争 (爭)
争取 (爭取)
争吵 (爭吵)
争夺 (爭奪)
争气 (爭氣)
竞争 (競爭)

Medium Frequency

不争 (不爭)
不争气 (不爭氣)
力争 (力爭)
抗争 (抗爭)
争先恐后 (爭先恐後)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争执 (爭執)
争宠 (爭寵)
争抢 (爭搶)
争相 (爭相)
争端 (爭端)
争论 (爭論)
争议 (爭議)
争辩 (爭辯)
争锋 (爭鋒)
争霸 (爭霸)
争斗 (爭鬥)
相争 (相爭)
竞争力 (競爭力)
纷争 (紛爭)
与世无争 (與世無爭)
斗争 (鬥爭)

Appears In:

爭 also appears in:
靜箏
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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