Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (hand), (moon), (jar)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

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)

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Meta:

  1. 身 is the 164th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𨈑, 丿
Radical :
=> (body)
Graphical :
=> 𠂎, , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen1 - body/life/oneself/personally/one's morality and conduct/the main part of a structure or body/pregnant/classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset/Kangxi radical 158

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 身 (shen1): The component 身 is pronounced as 'shen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单身 (單身)
 
身份 
身价 (身價)
身边 (身邊)
身体 (身體)

Medium Frequency

上身 
人身 
修身 
健身 
健身房 
全身 
出身 
化身 
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
感同身受 
替身 
本身 
浑身 (渾身)
满身 (滿身)
现身 (現身)
瘦身 
纹身 (紋身)
终身 (終身)
置身 
翻身 
自身 
亲身 (親身)
起身 
身上 
身不由己 
身亡 
身份证 (身份證)
身子 
身影 
身后 (身後)
身心 
身材 
身为 (身為)
身处 (身處)
身躯 (身軀)
身高 
转身 (轉身)
随身 (隨身)
隐身 (隱身)

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Meta:

  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (one)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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Meta:

  1. 變 is the 225th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (silk), (speech), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bian4 - to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

多变 (多變)
改变 (改變)
 ()
变化 (變化)
变得 (變得)
变态 (變態)
变成 (變成)

Medium Frequency

一成不变 (一成不變)
事变 (事變)
善变 (善變)
应变 (應變)
会变 (會變)
演变 (演變)
突变 (突變)
蜕变 (蛻變)
变动 (變動)
变坏 (變壞)
变天 (變天)
变幻 (變幻)
变形 (變形)
变心 (變心)
变性 (變性)
变换 (變換)
变数 (變數)
变暖 (變暖)
变更 (變更)
变样 (變樣)
变为 (變為)
变异 (變異)
变相 (變相)
变硬 (變硬)
变脸 (變臉)
变色 (變色)
变质 (變質)
变迁 (變遷)
变革 (變革)
变黑 (變黑)
转变 (轉變)
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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