1. 寝
  2. 食
  3. 难
  4. 安

寝

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  1. 寝 is the 2800th most frequent character.
  2. 寝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寝 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 寝 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
寝 => 宀, No glyph available
Radical :
寝 => 宀 (roof), 丬 (split wood), 彐 (pig snout), 冖 (cover), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
寝 => 冖, 丶, 一, 丶, 丨, ㇕, 二, 冖, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qin3 - to lie down

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寝 (qin3): The component 丬 is pronounced as 'qiang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寝室 (寢室)

Medium Frequency

寝食难安 (寢食難安)
就寝 (就寢)
废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)

食

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  1. 食 is the 670th most frequent character.
  2. 食 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 食 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 食 appears as a component in 61 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
食 => 亽, 艮
Radical :
食 => 食 (eat/food)
Graphical :
食 => 人, 丶, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse
  2. si4 - to feed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
食 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)

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食 also appears in:
食餐饕飧飨饔餍餮餈饏飸饜飺饭馆饮饰饿饲饱饥饶饼蚀馈饷饵馒饺饬馅馋馍馁馀馐饨馕馑饽饪馄饯馏馊馔饧饫饩馓饴馃馇饾饸饹馂馉饤饳饻

难

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  1. 难 is the 295th most frequent character.
  2. 难 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 难 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 难 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
难 => 又, 隹
Radical :
难 => 又 (right hand), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
难 => ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nan2 - difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good
  2. nan4 - disaster/distress/to scold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
难 (難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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难 also appears in:
滩摊瘫傩

安

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  1. 安 is the 232nd most frequent character.
  2. 安 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 安 appears as a character in 322 words.
  4. 安 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
安 => 宀, 女
Radical :
安 => 宀 (roof), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
安 => 冖, 丶, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. An1 - surname An
  2. an1 - content/calm/still/quiet/safe/secure/in good health/to find a place for/to install/to fix/to fit/to bring (a charge against sb)/to pacify/security/safety/peace/ampere

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

安全 
安慰 
安静 (安靜)
平安 
早安 
晚安 

Medium Frequency

不安 
保安 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
午安 
坐立不安 
天安门 (天安門)
安 
安全带 (安全帶)
安全感 
安分 
安好 
安妮 
安娜 
安定 
安家 
安宁 (安寧)
安康 
安徽 
安心 
安息 
安排 
安抚 (安撫)
安放 
安于 (安於)
安东尼 (安東尼)
安乐 (安樂)
安检 (安檢)
安然 
安眠 
安眠药 (安眠藥)
安神 
安稳 (安穩)
安装 (安裝)
安详 (安詳)
安逸 
宝安 (寶安)
平安夜 
延安 
心安理得 
治安 
西安 
长安 (長安)
随遇而安 (隨遇而安)

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安 also appears in:
案按氨鞍胺晏铵桉鮟頞鴳
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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