1. 卑
  2. 躬
  3. 屈
  4. 膝

卑

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  1. 卑 is the 2055th most frequent character.
  2. 卑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 卑 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 卑 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
卑 => No glyph available, 十
Radical :
卑 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丶 (dot), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
卑 => 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei1 - low/base/vulgar/inferior/humble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卑微 
自卑 

Medium Frequency

不卑不亢 
卑劣 
卑贱 (卑賤)
卑鄙 
谦卑 (謙卑)
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)

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卑 also appears in:
牌碑脾啤婢俾裨颦稗鼙捭睥髀萆鹎蜱郫埤陴禆聛貏庳粺綼

躬

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  1. 躬 is the 2644th most frequent character.
  2. 躬 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 躬 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 躬 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
躬 => 身, 弓
Radical :
躬 => 身 (body), 弓 (bow)
Graphical :
躬 => 𠂎, 丶, 二, 丿, 匚, ㇉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - body/oneself/personally/to bow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 躬 (gong1): The component 弓 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鞠躬 
鞠躬尽瘁 (鞠躬盡瘁)

Medium Frequency

事必躬亲 (事必躬親)
卑躬屈膝 

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躬 also appears in:
窮

屈

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  1. 屈 is the 1682nd most frequent character.
  2. 屈 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 屈 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 屈 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
屈 => 尸, 出
Radical :
屈 => 尸 (corpse), 出 (N/A)
Graphical :
屈 => 丨, 匚, 出

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qu1 - surname Qu
  2. qu1 - bent/to feel wronged

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 屈 (qu1): The component 出 is pronounced as 'chu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

委屈 

Medium Frequency

屈 
屈原 
屈服 

Appears In:

屈 also appears in:
掘窟崛倔堀誳

膝

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  1. 膝 is the 2302nd most frequent character.
  2. 膝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 膝 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 膝 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
膝 => 月, 桼
Radical :
膝 => 月 (moon), 木 (tree), 人 (human), 氺 (water)
Graphical :
膝 => 冂, 二, 一, 丨, 八, 人, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - knee

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

膝盖 (膝蓋)

Medium Frequency

促膝 
护膝 (護膝)
双膝 (雙膝)
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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