1. 妄
  2. 為

妄

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  1. 妄 is the 2093rd most frequent character.
  2. 妄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 妄 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 妄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
妄 => 亡, 女
Radical :
妄 => 匸 (hiding enclosure), 丶 (dot), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
妄 => 匸, 丶, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang4 - absurd/fantastic/presumptuous/rash

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妄 (wang4): The component 亡 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

妄想 

Medium Frequency

妄图 (妄圖)
妄念 
妄为 (妄為)
妄言 
狂妄 
痴心妄想 (癡心妄想)
虚妄 (虛妄)

為

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Meta:

  1. 為 is the 18th most frequent character.
  2. 為 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 為 appears as a character in 130 words.
  4. 為 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
為 => No glyph available, 灬
Radical :
為 => 丿 (bend), 丶 (dot), No glyph available, 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
為 => 丿, 丶, ㇆, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei2 - as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do/by (in the passive voice)
  2. wei4 - because of/for/to
  3. wei2 - variant of 為|为[wei2]/as (i.e. in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do
  4. wei4 - variant of 為|为[wei4], because of/for/to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以为 (以為)
因为 (因為)
成为 (成為)
为 (為)
为了 (為了)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
作为 (作為)
改为 (改為)
最为 (最為)
为主 (為主)
为何 (為何)
为止 (為止)
无能为力 (無能為力)
称为 (稱為)
行为 (行為)
认为 (認為)
身为 (身為)
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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