1. 吞
  2. 咽

吞

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  1. 吞 is the 1795th most frequent character.
  2. 吞 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 吞 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 吞 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吞 => 天, 口
Radical :
吞 => 一 (one), 大 (big), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
吞 => 一, 人, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tun1 - to swallow/to take

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吞 (tun1): The component 天 is pronounced as 'tian1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吞噬 
私吞 

Medium Frequency

侵吞 
吞 
吞吞吐吐 
吞咽 
吞没 (吞沒)
吞云吐雾 (吞雲吐霧)
吞食 
忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)
慢吞吞 
狼吞虎咽 
云吞 (雲吞)

咽

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Meta:

  1. 咽 is the 2027th most frequent character.
  2. 咽 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 咽 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 咽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咽 => 口, 因
Radical :
咽 => 口 (mouth), 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)
Graphical :
咽 => 口, 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - narrow pass/throat/pharynx
  2. yan4 - to swallow
  3. ye4 - to choke (in crying)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan1): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (ye4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

咽 

Medium Frequency

吞咽 
咽下 
咽喉 
咽炎 
哽咽 
狼吞虎咽 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
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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