1. 东
  2. 施
  3. 效
  4. 颦

东

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  1. 东 is the 194th most frequent character.
  2. 东 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 东 appears as a character in 207 words.
  4. 东 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
东 => 七, 小
Radical :
东 => 乚 (second), 一 (one), 小 (small)
Graphical :
东 => 乚, 一, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Dong1 - surname Dong
  2. dong1 - east/host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)/landlord

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

东 (東)
东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Medium Frequency

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
关东 (關東)

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东 also appears in:
陈冻栋胨鸫岽

施

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  1. 施 is the 553rd most frequent character.
  2. 施 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 施 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 施 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
施 => 方, 㐌
Radical :
施 => 方 (square/raft), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
施 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆, 丿, 一, 乚, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi1 - surname Shi
  2. shi1 - to grant/to give/to bestow/to act/to carry out

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 施 (shi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 施 (shi1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

实施 (實施)
措施 
施工 
设施 (設施)

Medium Frequency

布施 
恩施 
施 
施主 
施加 
施压 (施壓)
施展 
施舍 (施捨)
施肥 
施行 
乐善好施 (樂善好施)
发号施令 (發號施令)
西施 

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施 also appears in:
鍦葹箷

效

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  1. 效 is the 551st most frequent character.
  2. 效 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 效 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 效 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
效 => 交, ⺙
Radical :
效 => 亠 (lid), 八 (eight/divide), 乂 (N/A), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
效 => 一, 丶, 八, 乂, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao4 - to imitate
  2. xiao4 - effect/efficacy/to imitate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 效 (xiao4): The component 交 is pronounced as 'jiao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

效果 
有效 

Medium Frequency

效 (傚)
功效 
失效 
成效 
效应 (效應)
效率 
效益 
有效期 
无效 (無效)
特效 
生效 
疗效 (療效)
绩效 (績效)
见效 (見效)
音效 
高效 

颦

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  1. 颦 is the 4829th most frequent character.
  2. 颦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 颦 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 颦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
颦 => 频, 卑
Radical :
颦 => 止 (stop), 小 (small), 丿 (bend), 页 (leaf), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丶 (dot), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
颦 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 亅, 八, 丿, 一, 丿, 冂, 人, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pin2 - to scowl/to knit the brows

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 颦 (pin2): The component 频 is pronounced as 'pin2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 颦 (pin2): The component 丿 is pronounced as 'pie3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

东施效颦 (東施傚顰)

Medium Frequency

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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