1. 偃
  2. 旗
  3. 息
  4. 鼓

偃

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  1. 偃 is the 4159th most frequent character.
  2. 偃 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 偃 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 偃 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
偃 => 亻, 匽
Radical :
偃 => 亻 (human), 匚 (box), 日 (sun/day), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
偃 => ㇒, 丨, 一, ㇗, 口, 一, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan3 - surname Yan
  2. yan3 - to lie supine/to stop/to fall down

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 偃 (yan3): The component 匽 is pronounced as 'yan3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

偃师 (偃師)
偃师市 (偃師市)
偃旗息鼓 

旗

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  1. 旗 is the 1405th most frequent character.
  2. 旗 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 旗 appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. 旗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
旗 => 方, No glyph available
Radical :
旗 => 方 (square/raft), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 甘 (sweet), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
旗 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆, 丿, 一, 艹, 二, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi2 - banner/flag/(in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗[ba1 qi2] eight banners/administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county/CL:面[mian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 旗 (qi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

旗下 

Medium Frequency

升旗 
国旗 (國旗)
彩旗 
旗 
旗子 
旗帜 (旗幟)
旗舰 (旗艦)
旗舰店 (旗艦店)
旗号 (旗號)
旗袍 
旗开得胜 (旗開得勝)
红旗 (紅旗)
花旗 

息

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  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

鼓

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  1. 鼓 is the 1121st most frequent character.
  2. 鼓 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鼓 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 鼓 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鼓 => 壴, 支
Radical :
鼓 => 鼓 (drum)
Graphical :
鼓 => 一, 丨, 一, 口, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu3 - drum/CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]/to drum/to strike/to rouse/to bulge/to swell

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鼓 (gu3): The component 壴 is pronounced as 'zhu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 鼓 (gu3): The component 鼓 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鼓 
鼓励 (鼓勵)
鼓掌 
鼓浪屿 (鼓浪嶼)
鼓起 

Medium Frequency

打鼓 
捣鼓 (搗鼓)
锣鼓 (鑼鼓)
鼓动 (鼓動)
鼓吹 
鼓手 
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)
鼓舞 
鼓点 (鼓點)
鼓鼓 

Appears In:

鼓 also appears in:
鼓鼙鼗瞽臌鼞鼜鼖鼘
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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