1. 叹
  2. 息

叹

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Meta:

  1. 叹 is the 1297th most frequent character.
  2. 叹 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 叹 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 叹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
叹 => 口, 又
Radical :
叹 => 口 (mouth), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
叹 => 口, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan4 - to sigh/to gasp/to exclaim
  2. tan4 - variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

叹 (嘆)
叹息 (嘆息)
感叹 (感嘆)

Medium Frequency

哀叹 (哀嘆)
唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣)
叹气 (嘆氣)
感叹号 (感嘆號)
慨叹 (慨嘆)
赞叹 (贊嘆)
长叹 (長嘆)
惊叹 (驚嘆)
惊叹号 (驚嘆號)

息

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Meta:

  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
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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