1. 喜
  2. 怒
  3. 哀
  4. 乐

喜

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  1. 喜 is the 667th most frequent character.
  2. 喜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 喜 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 喜 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
喜 => 士, No glyph available
Radical :
喜 => 士 (scholar), 口 (mouth), 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
喜 => 一, 丨, 一, 口, 丷, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi3 - to be fond of/to like/to enjoy/to be happy/to feel pleased/happiness/delight/glad

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 喜 (xi3): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 喜 (xi3): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 喜 (xi3): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

喜 
喜欢 (喜歡)
惊喜 (驚喜)

Medium Frequency

喜事 
喜剧 (喜劇)
喜好 
喜怒哀乐 (喜怒哀樂)
喜悦 (喜悅)
喜爱 (喜愛)
喜庆 (喜慶)
恭喜 
恭喜发财 (恭喜發財)
欢喜 (歡喜)
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
欢欢喜喜 (歡歡喜喜)

Appears In:

喜 also appears in:
嘻嬉熹僖糦礂蟢

怒

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  1. 怒 is the 1141st most frequent character.
  2. 怒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 怒 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 怒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
怒 => 奴, 心
Radical :
怒 => 女 (woman), 又 (right hand), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
怒 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇇, ㇏, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nu4 - anger/fury/flourishing/vigorous

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 怒 (nu4): The component 奴 is pronounced as 'nu2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 怒 (nu4): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 怒 (nu4): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

怒 
怒火 
愤怒 (憤怒)

Medium Frequency

动怒 (動怒)
喜怒哀乐 (喜怒哀樂)
大怒 
心花怒放 
怒吼 
怒放 
怒斥 
怒气 (怒氣)
恼怒 (惱怒)
暴怒 
激怒 
发怒 (發怒)

哀

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  1. 哀 is the 1749th most frequent character.
  2. 哀 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 哀 appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. 哀 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
哀 => 衣, 口
Radical :
哀 => 衣 (clothes), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
哀 => 一, 丶, ㇒, ㇗, 冫, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ai1 - Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
  2. ai1 - sorrow/grief/pity/to grieve for/to pity/to lament/to condole

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 哀 (ai1): The component 衣 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 哀 (ai1): The component 衣 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

悲哀 

Medium Frequency

哀 
哀伤 (哀傷)
哀叹 (哀嘆)
哀家 
哀怨 
哀悼 
哀愁 
哀求 
喜怒哀乐 (喜怒哀樂)
默哀 

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哀 also appears in:
锿

乐

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  1. 乐 is the 619th most frequent character.
  2. 乐 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 乐 appears as a character in 157 words.
  4. 乐 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乐 => No glyph available, 小
Radical :
乐 => ㇒ (N/A), ㇗ (N/A), 小 (small)
Graphical :
乐 => ㇒, ㇗, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Le4 - surname Le
  2. Yue4 - surname Yue
  3. le4 - happy/laugh/cheerful
  4. yue4 - music

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

快乐 (快樂)
乐 (樂)
乐园 (樂園)
音乐 (音樂)

Medium Frequency

不亦乐乎 (不亦樂乎)
享乐 (享樂)
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
可口可乐 (可口可樂)
可乐 (可樂)
吃喝玩乐 (吃喝玩樂)
喜怒哀乐 (喜怒哀樂)
喜乐 (喜樂)
娱乐 (娛樂)
家乐福 (家樂福)
快快乐乐 (快快樂樂)
乐事 (樂事)
乐善好施 (樂善好施)
乐器 (樂器)
乐团 (樂團)
乐意 (樂意)
乐于助人 (樂於助人)
乐观 (樂觀)
乐趣 (樂趣)
乐队 (樂隊)
欢乐 (歡樂)
玩乐 (玩樂)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
音乐会 (音樂會)

Appears In:

乐 also appears in:
烁砾栎跞铄泺轹
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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