1. 如
  2. 影
  3. 随
  4. 形

如

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Meta:

  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. 如 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 如 appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. 如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
如 => 女, 口
Radical :
如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:
恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

影

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  1. 影 is the 390th most frequent character.
  2. 影 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 影 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 影 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
影 => 景, 彡
Radical :
影 => 日 (sun/day), 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth), 小 (small), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
影 => 口, 一, 一, 丶, 口, 亅, 八, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ying3 - picture/image/film/movie/photograph/reflection/shadow/trace

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 影 (ying3): The component 景 is pronounced as 'jing3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

影响 (影響)
影响力 (影響力)
摄影 (攝影)
电影 (電影)

Medium Frequency

倒影 
光影 
合影 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
影 
影像 
影子 
影片 
影视 (影視)
影评 (影評)
影院 
影音 
摄影师 (攝影師)
火影忍者 
眼影 
背影 
踪影 (蹤影)
身影 
阴影 (陰影)
电影票 (電影票)
电影院 (電影院)
魔影 

随

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Meta:

  1. 随 is the 498th most frequent character.
  2. 随 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 随 appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. 随 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
随 => 阝, 迶
Radical :
随 => 阝 (town), 辶 (walk), 𠂇 (left hand), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
随 => 丨, ㇌, 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 𠂇, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sui2 - surname Sui
  2. sui2 - to follow/to comply with/varying according to.../to allow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

随 (隨)
随便 (隨便)
随时 (隨時)

Medium Frequency

伴随 (伴隨)
如影随形 (如影隨形)
跟随 (跟隨)
追随 (追隨)
随即 (隨即)
随口 (隨口)
随地 (隨地)
随后 (隨後)
随心 (隨心)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
随意 (隨意)
随手 (隨手)
随机 (隨機)
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
随着 (隨著)
随处 (隨處)
随行 (隨行)
随身 (隨身)
随遇而安 (隨遇而安)
随风 (隨風)

形

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Meta:

  1. 形 is the 269th most frequent character.
  2. 形 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 形 appears as a character in 107 words.
  4. 形 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
形 => 开, 彡
Radical :
形 => 一 (one), 廾 (N/A), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
形 => 一, 廾, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xing2 - to appear/to look/form/shape

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Medium Frequency

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)
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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