1. 投
  2. 影
  3. 儀

投

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  1. 投 is the 516th most frequent character.
  2. 投 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 投 appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. 投 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
投 => 扌, 殳
Radical :
投 => 扌 (hand), 殳 (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
投 => 亅, 二, 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tou2 - to throw/to send/to invest

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 投 (tou2): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

投票 

Medium Frequency

意气相投 (意氣相投)
投 
投入 
投稿 
投诉 (投訴)
投资 (投資)
投资者 (投資者)
相投 

影

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  1. 影 is the 390th most frequent character.
  2. 影 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 影 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 影 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
影 => 景, 彡
Radical :
影 => 日 (sun/day), 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth), 小 (small), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
影 => 口, 一, 一, 丶, 口, 亅, 八, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ying3 - picture/image/film/movie/photograph/reflection/shadow/trace

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 影 (ying3): The component 景 is pronounced as 'jing3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

影响 (影響)
影响力 (影響力)
摄影 (攝影)
电影 (電影)

Medium Frequency

倒影 
光影 
合影 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
影 
影像 
影子 
影片 
影视 (影視)
影评 (影評)
影院 
影音 
摄影师 (攝影師)
火影忍者 
眼影 
背影 
踪影 (蹤影)
身影 
阴影 (陰影)
电影票 (電影票)
电影院 (電影院)
魔影 

儀

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  1. 儀 is the 1281st most frequent character.
  2. 儀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 儀 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 儀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
儀 => 亻, 義
Radical :
儀 => 亻 (human), 羊 (sheep), 手 (hand), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
儀 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 丷, ㇒, 亅, 二, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi2 - apparatus/rites/appearance/present/ceremony

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 儀 (yi2): The component 義 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 儀 (yi2): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仪式 (儀式)
心仪 (心儀)
礼仪 (禮儀)

Medium Frequency

仪器 (儀器)
仪态 (儀態)
仪表 (儀表)
仪表盘 (儀表盤)
地球仪 (地球儀)
威仪 (威儀)
投影仪 (投影儀)
扫描仪 (掃描儀)
殡仪馆 (殯儀館)
溥仪 (溥儀)
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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