1. 寿
  2. 终
  3. 正
  4. 寝

寿

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  1. 寿 is the 1613th most frequent character.
  2. 寿 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 寿 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 寿 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
寿 => 丰, 寸
Radical :
寿 => 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
寿 => 一, 二, 丨, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shou4 - surname Shou
  2. shou4 - long life/old age/age/life/birthday/funerary

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寿 (shou4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寿司 (壽司)
寿命 (壽命)
寿星 (壽星)
长寿 (長壽)

Medium Frequency

寿光 (壽光)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
寿终正寝 (壽終正寢)
寿面 (壽麵)
延寿 (延壽)
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
祝寿 (祝壽)
高寿 (高壽)

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寿 also appears in:
筹涛祷铸畴焘踌俦诪帱

终

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  1. 终 is the 558th most frequent character.
  2. 终 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 终 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 终 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
终 => 纟, 冬
Radical :
终 => 纟 (silk), 夂 (go), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
终 => ㇛, 一, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhong1 - end/finish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 终 (zhong1): The component 冬 is pronounced as 'dong1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 终 (zhong1): The component 夂 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

终于 (終於)

Medium Frequency

始终 (始終)
年终 (年終)
最终 (最終)
终 (終)
终极 (終極)
终生 (終生)
终究 (終究)
终结 (終結)
终结者 (終結者)
终身 (終身)
终点 (終點)

正

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  1. 正 is the 129th most frequent character.
  2. 正 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 正 appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. 正 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
正 => 一, 止
Radical :
正 => 一 (one), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
正 => 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - first month of the lunar year
  2. zheng4 - just (right)/main/upright/straight/correct/positive/greater than zero/principle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng1): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

反正 
正 
正在 
正式 
真正 

Medium Frequency

修正 
公正 
张居正 (張居正)
改正 
正午 
正品 
正太 
正好 
正宗 
正常 
正月 
正版 
正直 
正确 (正確)
正经 (正經)
正义 (正義)
正道 
正面 

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正 also appears in:
政证整征症怔歪焉罡钲証

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)
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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