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  1. 废 is the 1374th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广,
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (N/A), (line), (dot), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fei4 - to abolish/to abandon/to abrogate/to discard/to depose/to oust/crippled/abandoned/waste

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 废 (fei4): The component 发 is pronounced as 'fa1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 废 (fei4): The component 发 is pronounced as 'fa4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
废物 (廢物)
废话 (廢話)
颓废 (頹廢)

Medium Frequency

作废 (作廢)
半途而废 (半途而廢)
报废 (報廢)
废人 (廢人)
废品 (廢品)
废墟 (廢墟)
废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
废掉 (廢掉)
废弃 (廢棄)
废气 (廢氣)
废纸 (廢紙)
废旧 (廢舊)
废除 (廢除)
残废 (殘廢)
荒废 (荒廢)

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (roof), (split wood), (pig snout), (cover), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

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)

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Meta:

  1. 忘 is the 1054th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hiding enclosure), (dot), (heart)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠁼,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang4 - to forget/to overlook/to neglect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 忘 (wang4): The component 亡 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
忘记 (忘記)

Medium Frequency

忘掉 
念念不忘 
淡忘 
遗忘 (遺忘)
难忘 (難忘)

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eat/food)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

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)
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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