1. 卧
  2. 薪
  3. 尝
  4. 胆

卧

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  1. 卧 is the 1941st most frequent character.
  2. 卧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 卧 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 卧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
卧 => 臣, 卜
Radical :
卧 => 臣 (minister/official), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
卧 => 一, ㇗, 丨, 匚, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wo4 - to lie/to crouch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 卧 (wo4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卧室 (臥室)
卧底 (臥底)
卧虎 (臥虎)

Medium Frequency

仰卧 (仰臥)
俯卧撑 (俯臥撐)
侧卧 (側臥)
硬卧 (硬臥)
卧倒 (臥倒)
卧床 (臥床)
卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)
卧铺 (臥鋪)
卧龙 (臥龍)
软卧 (軟臥)

薪

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Meta:

  1. 薪 is the 2162nd most frequent character.
  2. 薪 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 薪 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 薪 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
薪 => 艹, 新
Radical :
薪 => 艹 (grass), 立 (stand erect), 十 (ten), 小 (small), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
薪 => 艹, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xin1 - fuel/salary

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 薪 (xin1): The component 新 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 薪 (xin1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 薪 (xin1): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

年薪 
月薪 

Medium Frequency

加薪 
薪水 
薪酬 
高薪 

尝

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Meta:

  1. 尝 is the 1619th most frequent character.
  2. 尝 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 尝 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 尝 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尝 => 龸, 云
Radical :
尝 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 二 (two), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
尝 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 二, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chang2 - to taste/to try/already/ever/once
  2. chang2 - to taste

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尝试 (嘗試)

Medium Frequency

何尝 (何嘗)
品尝 (品嘗)
尝 (嘗)

Appears In:

尝 also appears in:
偿鲿

胆

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  1. 胆 is the 1350th most frequent character.
  2. 胆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 胆 appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. 胆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胆 => 月, 旦
Radical :
胆 => 月 (moon), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one)
Graphical :
胆 => 冂, 二, 口, 一, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan3 - the gall/the nerve/courage/guts/gall bladder

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胆 (dan3): The component 旦 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大胆 (大膽)
胆固醇 (膽固醇)
胆子 (膽子)
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
胆量 (膽量)

Medium Frequency

心惊胆战 (心驚膽戰)
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)
斗胆 (斗膽)
海胆 (海膽)
肝胆相照 (肝膽相照)
胆囊 (膽囊)
胆大 (膽大)
胆怯 (膽怯)
胆敢 (膽敢)
胆汁 (膽汁)
胆略 (膽略)
胆结石 (膽結石)
胆识 (膽識)
胆碱 (膽鹼)
卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽)
色胆 (色膽)
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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