1. 搔
  2. 首
  3. 弄
  4. 姿

搔

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  1. 搔 is the 3448th most frequent character.
  2. 搔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 搔 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 搔 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
搔 => 扌, 蚤
Radical :
搔 => 扌 (hand), 又 (right hand), 丶 (dot), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
搔 => 亅, 二, ㇇, ㇏, 丶, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sao1 - to scratch/old variant of 騷|骚[sao1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 搔 (sao1): The component 蚤 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

搔痒 (搔癢)
搔首弄姿 

首

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  1. 首 is the 481st most frequent character.
  2. 首 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 首 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 首 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
首 => 䒑, 自
Radical :
首 => 首 (head)
Graphical :
首 => 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 首 (shou3): The component 首 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

首 
首页 (首頁)

Medium Frequency

回首 
首先 
首席 
首映 
首次 
首尔 (首爾)
首发 (首發)
首要 
首选 (首選)
首都 
首领 (首領)
首饰 (首飾)

Appears In:

首 also appears in:
道首馗艏馘

弄

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  1. 弄 is the 1051st most frequent character.
  2. 弄 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 弄 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 弄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
弄 => 王, 艹
Radical :
弄 => 王 (jade), 艹 (grass)
Graphical :
弄 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 艹

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. long4 - lane/alley
  2. nong4 - to do/to manage/to handle/to play with/to fool with/to mess with/to fix/to toy with

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

弄 

Medium Frequency

弄丢 (弄丟)
弄到 
弄坏 (弄壞)
弄死 
弄醒 
弄脏 (弄髒)
捉弄 
搬弄 
拨弄 (撥弄)
摆弄 (擺弄)
玩弄 
糊弄 
卖弄 (賣弄)

姿

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  1. 姿 is the 1896th most frequent character.
  2. 姿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 姿 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 姿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
姿 => 次, 女
Radical :
姿 => 冫 (ice), 欠 (yawn), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
姿 => 丶, ㇀, ⺈, 人, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi1 - beauty/disposition/looks/appearance

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姿 (zi1): The component 次 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姿势 (姿勢)
姿态 (姿態)

Medium Frequency

多姿多彩 
姿 
姿色 
孙燕姿 (孫燕姿)
舞姿 
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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