1. 寄
  2. 養

寄

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  1. 寄 is the 1609th most frequent character.
  2. 寄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寄 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 寄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
寄 => 宀, 奇
Radical :
寄 => 宀 (roof), 大 (big), 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
寄 => 冖, 丶, 人, 一, 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - to live (in a house)/to lodge/to mail/to send/to entrust/to depend

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 奇 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 奇 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 寄 (ji4): The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寄 
寄托 (寄託)

Medium Frequency

寄予 
寄人篱下 (寄人籬下)
寄件人 
寄出 
寄存 
寄宿 
寄望 
寄生 
寄养 (寄養)
邮寄 (郵寄)

養

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  1. 養 is the 759th most frequent character.
  2. 養 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 養 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 養 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
養 => No glyph available, 良
Radical :
養 => 羊 (sheep), 八 (eight/divide), 艮 (stopping), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
養 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 八, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang3 - to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to give birth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 養 (yang3): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养 (養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Medium Frequency

休养 (休養)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养性 (養性)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)
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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