1. 尽
  2. 可
  3. 能

尽

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Meta:

  1. 尽 is the 488th most frequent character.
  2. 尽 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 尽 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 尽 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尽 => 尺, ⺀
Radical :
尽 => 尸 (corpse), ㇏ (N/A), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
尽 => 丨, 匚, ㇏, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin3 - to the greatest extent/(when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme/to be within the limits of/to give priority to
  2. jin4 - to use up/to exhaust/to end/to finish/to the utmost/exhausted/finished/to the limit (of sth)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尽 (儘)
尽管 (儘管)
尽量 (儘量)
尽情 (盡情)
尽头 (盡頭)

Medium Frequency

一网打尽 (一網打盡)
倾尽 (傾盡)
尽可能 (儘可能)
尽快 (儘快)
尽早 (儘早)
受尽 (受盡)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
应有尽有 (應有盡有)
散尽 (散盡)
历尽 (歷盡)
殆尽 (殆盡)
淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致)
无穷无尽 (無窮無盡)
用尽 (用盡)
尽力 (盡力)
尽心 (盡心)
尽心尽力 (盡心盡力)
尽兴 (盡興)
筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡)
精疲力尽 (精疲力盡)
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
耗尽 (耗盡)
费尽心机 (費盡心機)
鞠躬尽瘁 (鞠躬盡瘁)

Appears In:

尽 also appears in:
烬荩赆

可

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Meta:

  1. 可 is the 30th most frequent character.
  2. 可 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 可 appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. 可 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
可 => 丁, 口
Radical :
可 => 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
可 => 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) certainly/very
  2. ke4 - see 可汗[ke4 han2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

可 
可以 
可是 
可能 

Medium Frequency

可怕 
可悲 
可惜 
可恶 (可惡)
可爱 (可愛)
可怜 (可憐)
可乐 (可樂)
宁可 (寧可)
无懈可击 (無懈可擊)

Appears In:

可 also appears in:
何阿奇河哥呵柯苛珂诃轲坷舸岢疴哿蚵鲄砢钶袔竒跒軻魺

能

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Meta:

  1. 能 is the 35th most frequent character.
  2. 能 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 能 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 能 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
能 => 䏍, No glyph available
Radical :
能 => 厶 (private), 月 (moon), No glyph available
Graphical :
能 => ㇛, 丶, 冂, 二, 匕

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Neng2 - surname Neng
  2. neng2 - to be able to/to be capable of/ability/capability/able/capable/can possibly/(usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

能 

Medium Frequency

功能 
可能 
技能 
智能 
能力 
能否 
能够 (能夠)
能干 (能幹)
能量 

Appears In:

能 also appears in:
熊罷螚褦
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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