1. 低
  2. 沉

低

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  1. 低 is the 592nd most frequent character.
  2. 低 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 低 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 低 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
低 => 亻, 氐
Radical :
低 => 亻 (human), 氏 (clan), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
低 => ㇒, 丨, ㇒, ㇗, ㇂, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. di1 - low/beneath/to lower (one's head)/to let droop/to hang down/to incline

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 低 (di1): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 低 (di1): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 低 (di1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 低 (di1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 低 (di1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

低 
低调 (低調)

Medium Frequency

低下 
低于 
低估 
低俗 
低价 (低價)
低沉 
低温 (低溫)
低潮 
低烧 (低燒)
低级 (低級)
低声 (低聲)
低脂 
低落 
低谷 
低迷 
低音 
低头 (低頭)
放低 
贬低 (貶低)
降低 
高低 

沉

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Meta:

  1. 沉 is the 746th most frequent character.
  2. 沉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沉 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 沉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沉 => 氵, 冗
Radical :
沉 => 氵 (water), 冖 (cover), 几 (table)
Graphical :
沉 => ⺀, ㇀, 冖, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen1 - see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
  2. chen2 - to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to drop/deep/profound/heavy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉重 
沉默 

Medium Frequency

低沉 
沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)
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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