1. 幹
  2. 甚
  3. 麼

幹

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  1. 幹 is the 353rd most frequent character.
  2. 幹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 幹 appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. 幹 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
幹 => 龺, No glyph available
Radical :
幹 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 人 (human), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
幹 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 人, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gan4 - tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre/to kill (slang)/to fuck (vulgar)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 幹 (gan4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 幹 (gan4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

干 (幹)
干嘛 (幹嘛)
干什么 (幹甚麼)

Medium Frequency

干啥 (幹啥)
干吗 (幹嗎)
干掉 (幹掉)
干活 (幹活)
干练 (幹練)
干部 (幹部)
能干 (能幹)

Appears In:

幹 also appears in:
擀簳

甚

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  1. 甚 is a very uncommon character.
  2. 甚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 甚 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 甚 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甚 => 甘, 匹
Radical :
甚 => 甘 (sweet), 匚 (box), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
甚 => 艹, 二, 一, ㇗, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen4 - what/very/extremely/any

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

甚至 

Medium Frequency

甚 
甚么 (甚麼)

Appears In:

甚 also appears in:
堪勘斟湛谌戡葚椹糂踸黮

麼

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  1. 麼 is the 63rd most frequent character.
  2. 麼 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 麼 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 麼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
麼 => 麻, 幺
Radical :
麼 => 麻 (hemp), 幺 (short/tiny)
Graphical :
麼 => 厂, 丶, 林, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma2 - exclamatory final particle
  2. ma5 - interrogative final particle
  3. me5 - suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc
  4. mo2 - tiny/insignificant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (me5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (mo2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
怎么 (怎麼)
这么 (這麼)
那么 (那麼)

Medium Frequency

多么 (多麼)
怎么样 (怎麼樣)
为什么 (為什麼)
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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