1. 墓
  2. 誌
  3. 銘

墓

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  1. 墓 is the 1814th most frequent character.
  2. 墓 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 墓 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 墓 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
墓 => 莫, 土
Radical :
墓 => 艹 (grass), 日 (sun/day), 大 (big), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
墓 => 艹, 口, 一, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mu4 - grave/tomb/mausoleum

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 墓 (mu4): The component 莫 is pronounced as 'mo4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 墓 (mu4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

墓 

Medium Frequency

公墓 
墓园 (墓園)
墓地 
墓碑 
墓志铭 (墓誌銘)
坟墓 (墳墓)
盗墓 (盜墓)

誌

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  1. 誌 is the 542nd most frequent character.
  2. 誌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 誌 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 誌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
誌 => 言, 志
Radical :
誌 => 言 (speech), 士 (scholar), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
誌 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 一, 丨, 一, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - sign/mark/to record/to write a footnote

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 誌 (zhi4): The component 志 is pronounced as 'zhi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 誌 (zhi4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

日志 (日誌)
标志 (標誌)
杂志 (雜誌)

Medium Frequency

墓志铭 (墓誌銘)
得志 (得誌)
志 (誌)

銘

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  1. 銘 is the 2057th most frequent character.
  2. 銘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 銘 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 銘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
銘 => 金, 名
Radical :
銘 => 金 (metal/gold), 夕 (evening/unset), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
銘 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 夕, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming2 - to engrave/inscribed motto

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 銘 (ming2): The component 名 is pronounced as 'ming2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

铭刻 (銘刻)

Medium Frequency

刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
铭文 (銘文)
铭记 (銘記)
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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