1. 因
  2. 噎
  3. 废
  4. 食

因

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Meta:

  1. 因 is the 96th most frequent character.
  2. 因 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 因 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 因 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin1 - cause/reason/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

因 
因为 (因為)

Medium Frequency

原因 
因果 
因此 
因素 
因而 
基因 
死因 

Appears In:

因 also appears in:
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噎

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Meta:

  1. 噎 is the 3952nd most frequent character.
  2. 噎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 噎 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 噎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
噎 => 口, 壹
Radical :
噎 => 口 (mouth), 士 (scholar), 冖 (cover), 豆 (bean)
Graphical :
噎 => 口, 一, 丨, 一, 冖, 一, 口, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye1 - to choke (on)/to choke up/to suffocate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 噎 (ye1): The component 壹 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

噎 
噎住 
因噎废食 (因噎廢食)
抽噎 

废

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Meta:

  1. 废 is the 1374th most frequent character.
  2. 废 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 废 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 废 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
废 => 广, 发
Radical :
废 => 广 (house on cliff), ㇗ (N/A), 丨 (line), 丶 (dot), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
废 => 厂, 丶, ㇗, 丨, 丶, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fei4 - to abolish/to abandon/to abrogate/to discard/to depose/to oust/crippled/abandoned/waste

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 废 (fei4): The component 发 is pronounced as 'fa1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 废 (fei4): The component 发 is pronounced as 'fa4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

废 (廢)
废物 (廢物)
废话 (廢話)
颓废 (頹廢)

Medium Frequency

作废 (作廢)
半途而废 (半途而廢)
报废 (報廢)
废人 (廢人)
废品 (廢品)
废墟 (廢墟)
废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
废掉 (廢掉)
废弃 (廢棄)
废气 (廢氣)
废纸 (廢紙)
废旧 (廢舊)
废除 (廢除)
残废 (殘廢)
荒废 (荒廢)

食

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Meta:

  1. 食 is the 670th most frequent character.
  2. 食 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 食 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 食 appears as a component in 61 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
食 => 亽, 艮
Radical :
食 => 食 (eat/food)
Graphical :
食 => 人, 丶, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse
  2. si4 - to feed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
食 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)

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食 also appears in:
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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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