1. 奄
  2. 奄
  3. 一
  4. 息

奄

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Meta:

  1. 奄 is the 3456th most frequent character.
  2. 奄 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 奄 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 奄 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
奄 => 大, 电
Radical :
奄 => 大 (big), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line), 乚 (second)
Graphical :
奄 => 人, 一, 口, 一, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan3 - surname Yan
  2. yan1 - variant of 閹|阉[yan1]/to castrate/variant of 淹[yan1]/to delay
  3. yan3 - suddenly/abruptly/hastily/to cover/to surround

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奄 (yan1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奄 (yan3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

奄奄一息 

Appears In:

奄 also appears in:
掩淹俺庵阉腌鹌罨崦埯菴硽醃裺閹鵪

奄

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Meta:

  1. 奄 is the 3456th most frequent character.
  2. 奄 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 奄 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 奄 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
奄 => 大, 电
Radical :
奄 => 大 (big), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line), 乚 (second)
Graphical :
奄 => 人, 一, 口, 一, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan3 - surname Yan
  2. yan1 - variant of 閹|阉[yan1]/to castrate/variant of 淹[yan1]/to delay
  3. yan3 - suddenly/abruptly/hastily/to cover/to surround

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奄 (yan1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奄 (yan3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

奄奄一息 

Appears In:

奄 also appears in:
掩淹俺庵阉腌鹌罨崦埯菴硽醃裺閹鵪

一

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Meta:

  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. 一 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 一 appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. 一 appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
一 => 一
Radical :
一 => 一 (one)
Graphical :
一 => 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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一 also appears in:
一上大子下天本开日无与长十工三正业两二或更再马五且王万干士未百亚土七卫互丽鱼画灭丝末丁乌鸟旦曰丛戈丘丙兀歹丞廿亟丕皿亘戌卅闩韭弋豕匚靣襾

息

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Meta:

  1. 息 is the 428th most frequent character.
  2. 息 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 息 appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. 息 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
息 => 自, 心
Radical :
息 => 自 (self), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
息 => 口, 二, 丶, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - news/interest/breath/rest/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

休息 
信息 
消息 

Medium Frequency

作息 
出息 
叹息 (嘆息)
息 
气息 (氣息)
窒息 

Appears In:

息 also appears in:
媳熄螅鎴
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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