1. 想
  2. 起

想

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Meta:

  1. 想 is the 99th most frequent character.
  2. 想 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 想 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 想 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
想 => 相, 心
Radical :
想 => 木 (tree), 目 (eye), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
想 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 二, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang3 - to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

想 

Medium Frequency

梦想 (夢想)
幻想 
心想 
思想 
想到 
想念 
想想 
想法 
想要 
想象 
想起 
理想 

起

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Meta:

  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. 起 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 起 appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. 起 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
起 => 走, 己
Radical :
起 => 走 (run), 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
起 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
起 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)
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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