Meta:

  1. 失 is the 375th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 116 words.
  4. appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi1 - to lose/to miss/to fail

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Medium Frequency

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
 
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)

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Meta:

  1. 眠 is the 1983rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eye), (oneself), (N/A), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian2 - sleep

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 民 is pronounced as 'min2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失眠 

Medium Frequency

入眠 
睡眠 
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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