1. 持
  2. 之
  3. 以
  4. 恆

持

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Meta:

  1. 持 is the 357th most frequent character.
  2. 持 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 持 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 持 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
持 => 扌, 寺
Radical :
持 => 扌 (hand), 土 (earth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
持 => 亅, 二, 一, 丨, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi2 - to hold/to grasp/to support/to maintain/to persevere/to manage/to run (i.e. administer)/to control

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 持 (chi2): The component 寺 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坚持 (堅持)
支持 

Medium Frequency

主持 
主持人 
保持 
持 
持续 (持續)
维持 (維持)

之

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Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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之 also appears in:
乏芝

以

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Meta:

  1. 以 is the 23rd most frequent character.
  2. 以 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 以 appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. 以 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
以 => No glyph available, 人
Radical :
以 => 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 人 (human)
Graphical :
以 => 乚, 丶, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi3 - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  2. yi3 - to use/according to/so as to/by means of/in order to/by/with/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 以 (yi3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以 
以后 (以後)
可以 
所以 

Medium Frequency

之所以 
以上 
以下 
以来 (以來)
以前 
以及 
以外 
以往 
以为 (以為)
足以 
难以 (難以)

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以 also appears in:
似拟苡姒笖

恆

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Meta:

  1. 恆 is the 1762nd most frequent character.
  2. 恆 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 恆 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 恆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
恆 => 忄, 亙
Radical :
恆 => 忄 (heart), 一 (one), 𠂊 (N/A), ⺀ (dot), 一 (one)
Graphical :
恆 => 丨, 八, 一, 𠂊, ⺀, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Heng2 - surname Heng
  2. heng2 - permanent/constant/fixed/usual/ordinary/rule (old)/one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes
  3. heng2 - variant of 恆|恒[heng2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

恒久 (恆久)
永恒 (永恆)

Medium Frequency

恒 (恆)
恒心 (恆心)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
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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