1. 什
  2. 麼

什

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  1. 什 is the 156th most frequent character.
  2. 什 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 什 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 什 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
什 => 亻, 十
Radical :
什 => 亻 (human), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
什 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)/assorted/miscellaneous
  2. shen2 - what

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shen2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shen2): The component 亻 is pronounced as 'ren2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

干什么 (幹甚麼)
没什么 (沒什麼)
什么样 (甚麼樣)

麼

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  1. 麼 is the 63rd most frequent character.
  2. 麼 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 麼 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 麼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
麼 => 麻, 幺
Radical :
麼 => 麻 (hemp), 幺 (short/tiny)
Graphical :
麼 => 厂, 丶, 林, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma2 - exclamatory final particle
  2. ma5 - interrogative final particle
  3. me5 - suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc
  4. mo2 - tiny/insignificant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (me5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (mo2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
怎么 (怎麼)
这么 (這麼)
那么 (那麼)

Medium Frequency

多么 (多麼)
怎么样 (怎麼樣)
为什么 (為什麼)
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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