1. 捉
  2. 襟
  3. 见
  4. 肘

捉

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  1. 捉 is the 1820th most frequent character.
  2. 捉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 捉 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 捉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
捉 => 扌, 足
Radical :
捉 => 扌 (hand), 足 (foot)
Graphical :
捉 => 亅, 二, 口, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuo1 - to clutch/to grab/to capture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

捉 

Medium Frequency

捉住 
捉弄 
捉摸 
捉迷藏 
捕捉 

襟

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  1. 襟 is the 2837th most frequent character.
  2. 襟 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 襟 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 襟 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
襟 => 衤, 禁
Radical :
襟 => 衤 (clothes), 林 (N/A), 示 (sign)
Graphical :
襟 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 冫, 林, 二, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin1 - lapel/overlap of Chinese gown/fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)/to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 襟 (jin1): The component 禁 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 襟 (jin1): The component 禁 is pronounced as 'jin4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 襟 (jin1): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

胸襟 

Medium Frequency

衣襟 
襟怀 (襟懷)
开襟 (開襟)

见

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  1. 见 is the 153rd most frequent character.
  2. 见 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 见 appears as a character in 134 words.
  4. 见 appears as a component in 60 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
见 => 冂, 儿
Radical :
见 => 见 (see)
Graphical :
见 => 冂, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview
  2. xian4 - to appear

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
见 (見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Medium Frequency

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
再见 (再見)
常见 (常見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
听见 (聽見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

Appears In:

见 also appears in:
視見覺觀規粯靦覩親覗覍覐闚覓覙覥睍蜆萈臗覚覛覟覠覯瞡覵现见规觉观视舰宽览搅窥揽缆觅觑榄砚觐觎觊靓苋笕髋岘蚬觇觋觏觍枧觌鬶

肘

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  1. 肘 is the 3004th most frequent character.
  2. 肘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 肘 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 肘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
肘 => 月, 寸
Radical :
肘 => 月 (moon), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
肘 => 冂, 二, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou3 - elbow/pork shoulder

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手肘 

Medium Frequency

捉襟见肘 (捉襟見肘)
胳膊肘 
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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