1. 养
  2. 精
  3. 蓄
  4. 锐

养

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  1. 养 is the 759th most frequent character.
  2. 养 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 养 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 养 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
养 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
养 => 羊 (sheep), 八 (eight/divide), No glyph available
Graphical :
养 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 八, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang3 - to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to give birth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 养 (yang3): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养 (養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Medium Frequency

休养 (休養)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养性 (養性)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)

精

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  1. 精 is the 435th most frequent character.
  2. 精 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 精 appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. 精 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
精 => 米, 青
Radical :
精 => 米 (rice), 青 (green/blue)
Graphical :
精 => 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 龶, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing1 - essence/extract/vitality/energy/semen/sperm/mythical goblin spirit/highly perfected/elite/the pick of sth/proficient (refined ability)/extremely (fine)/selected rice (archaic)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 精 (jing1): The component 青 is pronounced as 'qing1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

精彩 
精神 
精美 
精选 (精選)
龙马精神 (龍馬精神)

Medium Frequency

味精 
妖精 
精 
精力 
精品 
精心 
精明 
精准 (精準)
精神病 
精致 (精緻)
精英 
精华 (精華)
精进 (精進)
精灵 (精靈)
酒精 

蓄

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  1. 蓄 is the 1982nd most frequent character.
  2. 蓄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蓄 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 蓄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蓄 => 艹, 畜
Radical :
蓄 => 艹 (grass), 玄 (dark/profound), 田 (field)
Graphical :
蓄 => 艹, 一, 丶, ㇛, 丶, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu4 - to store up/to grow (e.g. a beard)/to entertain (ideas)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蓄 (xu4): The component 畜 is pronounced as 'chu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蓄 (xu4): The component 畜 is pronounced as 'xu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 蓄 (xu4): The component 玄 is pronounced as 'xuan2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

含蓄 

Medium Frequency

储蓄 (儲蓄)
积蓄 (積蓄)
蓄 
蓄势待发 (蓄勢待發)
蓄积 (蓄積)
蓄电池 (蓄電池)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)

锐

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  1. 锐 is the 1848th most frequent character.
  2. 锐 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锐 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 锐 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锐 => 钅, 兑
Radical :
锐 => 钅 (metal/gold), 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
锐 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 丷, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. rui4 - acute

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锐 (rui4): The component 兑 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 锐 (rui4): The component 儿 is pronounced as 'r5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尖锐 (尖銳)
敏锐 (敏銳)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)

Medium Frequency

新锐 (新銳)
锐利 (銳利)
锐气 (銳氣)
锐减 (銳減)
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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