1. 休
  2. 息
  3. 室

休

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Meta:

  1. 休 is the 1080th most frequent character.
  2. 休 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 休 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 休 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
休 => 亻, 木
Radical :
休 => 亻 (human), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
休 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiu1 - surname Xiu
  2. xiu1 - to rest/to stop doing sth for a period of time/to cease/(imperative) don't

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

休息 

Medium Frequency

休 
休假 
休闲 (休閒)
午休 
退休 

Appears In:

休 also appears in:
咻庥鸺髹貅銝

息

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Meta:

  1. 息 is the 428th most frequent character.
  2. 息 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 息 appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. 息 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
息 => 自, 心
Radical :
息 => 自 (self), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
息 => 口, 二, 丶, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - news/interest/breath/rest/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

休息 
信息 
消息 

Medium Frequency

作息 
出息 
叹息 (嘆息)
息 
气息 (氣息)
窒息 

Appears In:

息 also appears in:
媳熄螅鎴

室

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Meta:

  1. 室 is the 707th most frequent character.
  2. 室 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 室 appears as a character in 69 words.
  4. 室 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
室 => 宀, 至
Radical :
室 => 宀 (roof), 至 (arrive)
Graphical :
室 => 冖, 丶, 一, ㇛, 丶, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi4 - surname Shi
  2. shi4 - room/work unit/grave/scabbard/family or clan/one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 室 (shi4): The component 至 is pronounced as 'zhi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

教室 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

休息室 
候车室 (候車室)
地下室 
室 
室内 (室內)
室友 
室外 
室温 (室溫)
寝室 (寢室)
实验室 (實驗室)
居室 
工作室 
放映室 
更衣室 
会议室 (會議室)
浴室 
温室 (溫室)
画室 (畫室)
皇室 
科室 
卧室 (臥室)
课室 (課室)
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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