1. 咽
  2. 下

咽

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  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)

下

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Meta:

  1. 下 is the 42nd most frequent character.
  2. 下 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 下 appears as a character in 255 words.
  4. 下 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
下 => 一, 卜
Radical :
下 => 一 (one), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
下 => 一, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xia4 - down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一下 
下 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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下 also appears in:
吓丐虾忑
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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