1. 延
  2. 年
  3. 益
  4. 壽

延

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  1. 延 is the 1101st most frequent character.
  2. 延 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 延 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 延 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
延 => 廴, No glyph available
Radical :
延 => 廴 (long stride), ㇒ (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
延 => ㇋, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - to prolong/to extend/to delay

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 延 (yan2): The component 廴 is pronounced as 'yin4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

延伸 
延安 
延缓 (延緩)
延续 (延續)
延误 (延誤)
延长 (延長)
拖延 
蔓延 

Medium Frequency

延 
延吉 
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
延后 (延後)
延庆 (延慶)
延期 
延津 
延迟 (延遲)
延边 (延邊)
绵延 (綿延)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

Appears In:

延 also appears in:
诞蜒涎筵埏綖蜑莚駳鋋誕鯅硟

年

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  1. 年 is the 45th most frequent character.
  2. 年 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 年 appears as a character in 181 words.
  4. 年 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
年 => 𠂉, 㐄
Radical :
年 => 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 十 (ten), ㇗ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
年 => 丿, 一, 一, 丨, ㇗, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nian2 - surname Nian
  2. nian2 - year/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今年 
年 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 

益

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  1. 益 is the 648th most frequent character.
  2. 益 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 益 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 益 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
益 => No glyph available, 皿
Radical :
益 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
益 => 丷, 一, 八, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi4 - surname Yi
  2. yi4 - benefit/profit/advantage/beneficial/to increase/to add/all the more

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 益 (yi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公益 
利益 

Medium Frequency

受益 
收益 
收益率 
效益 
日益 
有益 
权益 (權益)
无益 (無益)
益 
益友 
益智 
益处 (益處)
益阳 (益陽)
精益求精 

Appears In:

益 also appears in:
溢隘谥缢镒蠲嗌鎰齸賹鷁謚螠

壽

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Meta:

  1. 壽 is the 1613th most frequent character.
  2. 壽 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 壽 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 壽 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壽 => No glyph available, 吋
Radical :
壽 => 士 (scholar), ㇖ (N/A), 工 (work), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
壽 => 一, 丨, 一, ㇖, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 口, 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 壽 (shou4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 壽 (shou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

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)

Appears In:

壽 also appears in:
禱籌鑄醻譸軇
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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