1. 接
  2. 踵
  3. 而
  4. 來

接

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  1. 接 is the 247th most frequent character.
  2. 接 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 接 appears as a character in 90 words.
  4. 接 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
接 => 扌, 妾
Radical :
接 => 扌 (hand), 立 (stand erect), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
接 => 亅, 二, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/to take over for sb

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 接 (jie1): The component 妾 is pronounced as 'qie4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

接 
接受 
接着 (接著)
直接 
迎接 
链接 (鏈接)

Medium Frequency

拼接 
接下 
接下来 (接下來)
接到 
接口 
接吻 
接待 
接收 
接纳 (接納)
接听 (接聽)
接触 (接觸)
接近 
接送 
接通 
接连 (接連)
连接 (連接)

踵

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  1. 踵 is the 3687th most frequent character.
  2. 踵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 踵 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 踵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
踵 => ⻊, 重
Radical :
踵 => ⻊ (foot), ㇒ (N/A), 十 (ten), 里 (village/mile)
Graphical :
踵 => 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, ㇒, 一, 丨, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhong3 - to arrive/to follow/heel

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 踵 (zhong3): The component 重 is pronounced as 'chong2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 踵 (zhong3): The component 重 is pronounced as 'zhong4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

接踵 
接踵而来 (接踵而來)

而

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Meta:

  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
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來

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Meta:

  1. 來 is the 15th most frequent character.
  2. 來 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 來 appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. 來 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
來 => 木, 从
Radical :
來 => 木 (tree), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
來 => 一, 丨, 八, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lai2 - to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来 (來)
来自 (來自)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)

Medium Frequency

上来 (上來)
下来 (下來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来临 (來臨)
来说 (來說)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
带来 (帶來)
后来 (後來)
从来 (從來)
想来 (想來)
拿来 (拿來)
接下来 (接下來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
用来 (用來)
看来 (看來)
进来 (進來)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

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來 also appears in:
麥睞萊鶆賚
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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