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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (big), (sun/day), (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

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 

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (big), (sun/day), (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

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 

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

Decomposition:

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

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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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (self), (heart)
Graphical :
=> , , , 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)
 
气息 (氣息)
窒息 

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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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