1. 侃
  2. 侃
  3. 而
  4. 談

侃

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  1. 侃 is the 3309th most frequent character.
  2. 侃 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 侃 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 侃 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
侃 => 亻, No glyph available
Radical :
侃 => 亻 (human), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
侃 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 丿, 乚, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kan3 - upright and honest/cheerful/to chat idly/to boast/to talk smoothly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 侃 (kan3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

调侃 (調侃)

Medium Frequency

侃侃 
侃侃而谈 (侃侃而談)
侃大山 

侃

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  1. 侃 is the 3309th most frequent character.
  2. 侃 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 侃 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 侃 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
侃 => 亻, No glyph available
Radical :
侃 => 亻 (human), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
侃 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 丿, 乚, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kan3 - upright and honest/cheerful/to chat idly/to boast/to talk smoothly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 侃 (kan3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

调侃 (調侃)

Medium Frequency

侃侃 
侃侃而谈 (侃侃而談)
侃大山 

而

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  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

談

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  1. 談 is the 474th most frequent character.
  2. 談 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 談 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 談 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
談 => 言, 炎
Radical :
談 => 言 (speech), 炎 (N/A)
Graphical :
談 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 炎

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 談 (tan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 談 (tan2): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

访谈 (訪談)
谈 (談)
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)

Medium Frequency

交谈 (交談)
健谈 (健談)
大谈 (大談)
座谈会 (座談會)
畅谈 (暢談)
会谈 (會談)
笑谈 (笑談)
谈判 (談判)
谈到 (談到)
谈吐 (談吐)
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谈心 (談心)
谈情说爱 (談情說愛)
谈话 (談話)
谈谈 (談談)
谈论 (談論)
长谈 (長談)
闲谈 (閑談)
闲谈 (閒談)
杂谈 (雜談)
面谈 (面談)
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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