1. 失
  2. 而
  3. 復
  4. 得

失

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
失 => 夫, ㇒
Radical :
失 => 人 (human), 二 (two), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
失 => 人, 二, ㇒

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 
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)

Appears In:

失 also appears in:
铁跌秩迭佚轶帙袠鉄紩瓞翐眣袟镻詄

而

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Meta:

  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

復

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Meta:

  1. 復 is the 426th most frequent character.
  2. 復 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 復 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 復 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
復 => 彳, 复
Radical :
復 => 彳 (step), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
復 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 口, 一, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu4 - to go and return/to return/to resume/to return to a normal or original state/to repeat/again/to recover/to restore/to turn over/to reply/to answer/to reply to a letter/to retaliate/to carry out
  2. fu4 - to repeat/to double/to overlap/complex (not simple)/compound/composite/double/diplo-/duplicate/overlapping/to duplicate
  3. fu4 - variant of 復|复[fu4]/to reply to a letter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 復 (fu4): The component 复 is pronounced as 'fu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 復 (fu4): The component 复 is pronounced as 'fu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 復 (fu4): The component 复 is pronounced as 'fu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

修复 (修復)
回复 (回復)
复习 (復習)
恢复 (恢復)

Medium Frequency

反反复复 (反反復復)
反复 (反復)
报复 (報復)
失而复得 (失而復得)
平复 (平復)
康复 (康復)
复 (復)
复仇 (復仇)
复出 (復出)
复原 (復原)
复古 (復古)
复合 (復合)
复旦 (復旦)
复查 (復查)
复活 (復活)
复苏 (復甦)
复发 (復發)
复兴 (復興)
复苏 (復蘇)
收复 (收復)
日复一日 (日復一日)
答复 (答復)
周而复始 (週而復始)

Appears In:

復 also appears in:
履覆蕧

得

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Meta:

  1. 得 is the 39th most frequent character.
  2. 得 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 得 appears as a character in 157 words.
  4. 得 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
得 => 彳, 㝵
Radical :
得 => 彳 (step), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
得 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de2 - to obtain/to get/to gain/to catch (a disease)/proper/suitable/proud/contented/to allow/to permit/ready/finished
  2. de5 - structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
  3. dei3 - to have to/must/ought to/to need to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 得 (de2): The component 㝵 is pronounced as 'de2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 得 (de5): The component 㝵 is pronounced as 'de2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 得 (dei3): The component 㝵 is pronounced as 'de2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

得 
得到 
获得 (獲得)
觉得 (覺得)

Medium Frequency

不得不 
不得了 
值得 
取得 
得意 
得瑟 
得知 
心得 
懂得 
舍得 (捨得)
晓得 (曉得)
记得 (記得)
变得 (變得)
赢得 (贏得)
难得 (難得)
显得 (顯得)
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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