1. 搖
  2. 搖
  3. 欲
  4. 墜

搖

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  1. 搖 is the 938th most frequent character.
  2. 搖 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 搖 appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. 搖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
搖 => 扌, No glyph available
Radical :
搖 => 扌 (hand), 月 (moon), 缶 (jar)
Graphical :
搖 => 亅, 二, 冂, 二, 一, 一, 丨, ㇒, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yao2 - surname Yao
  2. yao2 - to shake/to rock/to row

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 搖 (yao2): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

摇 (搖)
摇摆 (搖擺)
摇滚 (搖滾)

Medium Frequency

动摇 (動搖)
大摇大摆 (大搖大擺)
招摇 (招搖)
摇动 (搖動)
摇摆不定 (搖擺不定)
摇晃 (搖晃)
摇曳 (搖曳)
摇篮 (搖籃)
摇号 (搖號)
摇身 (搖身)
摇身一变 (搖身一變)
摇头 (搖頭)

搖

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  1. 搖 is the 938th most frequent character.
  2. 搖 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 搖 appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. 搖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
搖 => 扌, No glyph available
Radical :
搖 => 扌 (hand), 月 (moon), 缶 (jar)
Graphical :
搖 => 亅, 二, 冂, 二, 一, 一, 丨, ㇒, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yao2 - surname Yao
  2. yao2 - to shake/to rock/to row

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 搖 (yao2): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

摇 (搖)
摇摆 (搖擺)
摇滚 (搖滾)

Medium Frequency

动摇 (動搖)
大摇大摆 (大搖大擺)
招摇 (招搖)
摇动 (搖動)
摇摆不定 (搖擺不定)
摇晃 (搖晃)
摇曳 (搖曳)
摇篮 (搖籃)
摇号 (搖號)
摇身 (搖身)
摇身一变 (搖身一變)
摇头 (搖頭)

欲

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  1. 欲 is the 1043rd most frequent character.
  2. 欲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 欲 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 欲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
欲 => 谷, 欠
Radical :
欲 => 谷 (valley), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欲 => 八, 人, 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed
  2. yu4 - to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欲 (yu4): The component 谷 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

欲 (慾)
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

墜

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  1. 墜 is the 2274th most frequent character.
  2. 墜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 墜 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 墜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
墜 => 隊, 土
Radical :
墜 => 阝 (town), 丷 (eight/divide), 豕 (pig), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
墜 => 丨, ㇌, 丷, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒, 冫, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhui4 - to fall/to drop/to weigh down

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 墜 (zhui4): The component 隊 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坠 (墜)
坠落 (墜落)

Medium Frequency

吊坠 (吊墜)
坠入 (墜入)
坠楼 (墜樓)
坠机 (墜機)
坠毁 (墜毀)
摇摇欲坠 (搖搖欲墜)
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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