1. 嚼
  2. 舌
  3. 根

嚼

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  1. 嚼 is the 2725th most frequent character.
  2. 嚼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嚼 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 嚼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚼 => 口, 爵
Radical :
嚼 => 口 (mouth), 爫 (claw/talon), 罒 (net), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
嚼 => 口, 爫, 口, 丨, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao2 - to chew/also pr. [jue2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 爵 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

嚼 

Medium Frequency

咀嚼 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)

舌

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  1. 舌 is the 1955th most frequent character.
  2. 舌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 舌 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 舌 appears as a component in 27 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
舌 => 千, 口
Radical :
舌 => 舌 (tongue)
Graphical :
舌 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she2 - tongue

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 舌 (she2): The component 舌 is pronounced as 'she2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

舌战 (舌戰)
舌头 (舌頭)

Medium Frequency

七嘴八舌 
口干舌燥 (口乾舌燥)
口舌 
咋舌 
唇舌 
喉舌 
嚼舌根 
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
牛舌 
舌吻 
舌尖 
舌根 
长舌 (長舌)
长舌妇 (長舌婦)
饶舌 (饒舌)
鸭舌帽 (鴨舌帽)
龙舌兰 (龍舌蘭)

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舌 also appears in:
话活敌适乱括辞阔舌甜刮舔恬舐憩蛞聒鸹話餂铦闅闊栝筈鴰秳

根

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  1. 根 is the 352nd most frequent character.
  2. 根 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 根 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 根 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
根 => 木, 艮
Radical :
根 => 木 (tree), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
根 => 一, 丨, 八, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gen1 - root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/CL:條|条[tiao2]/radical (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

根 
根据 (根據)
根本 
草根 

Medium Frequency

哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
培根 
压根 (壓根)
压根儿 (壓根兒)
扎根 
根源 
阿根廷 
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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