1. 恬
  2. 不
  3. 知
  4. 耻

恬

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Meta:

  1. 恬 is the 3709th most frequent character.
  2. 恬 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 恬 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 恬 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
恬 => 忄, 舌
Radical :
恬 => 忄 (heart), 舌 (tongue)
Graphical :
恬 => 丨, 八, ㇒, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian2 - quiet/calm/tranquil/peaceful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

恬淡 
恬静 (恬靜)

Medium Frequency

恬不知耻 (恬不知恥)
恬适 (恬適)

不

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

知

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Meta:

  1. 知 is the 123rd most frequent character.
  2. 知 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 知 appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. 知 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
知 => 矢, 口
Radical :
知 => 矢 (arrow), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
知 => 丿, 一, 人, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - to know/to be aware

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 知 (zhi1): The component 矢 is pronounced as 'shi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知 
知道 

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
告知 
得知 
明知 
未知 
无知 (無知)
知名 
知己 
知心 
知情 
知识 (知識)
知足 
通知 

Appears In:

知 also appears in:
智痴蜘踟聟鼅

耻

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Meta:

  1. 耻 is the 2164th most frequent character.
  2. 耻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 耻 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 耻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
耻 => 耳, 止
Radical :
耻 => 耳 (ear), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
耻 => 二, 丨, 二, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi3 - shame/disgrace

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 耻 (chi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

可耻 (可恥)
无耻 (無恥)

Medium Frequency

厚颜无耻 (厚顏無恥)
国耻 (國恥)
廉耻 (廉恥)
耻笑 (恥笑)
耻辱 (恥辱)
恬不知耻 (恬不知恥)
羞耻 (羞恥)
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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