1. 故
  2. 弄
  3. 玄
  4. 虚

故

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  1. 故 is the 572nd most frequent character.
  2. 故 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 故 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 故 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
故 => 古, ⺙
Radical :
故 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
故 => 一, 丨, 口, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu4 - happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(of people) to die, dead

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 故 (gu4): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 故 (gu4): The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

故事 

Medium Frequency

世故 
事故 
故 
故人 
故作 
故宫 (故宮)
故居 
故意 
故乡 (故鄉)
故障 
无缘无故 (無緣無故)
缘故 (緣故)

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故 also appears in:
做

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)

玄

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  1. 玄 is the 1715th most frequent character.
  2. 玄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 玄 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 玄 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
玄 => 亠, 幺
Radical :
玄 => 玄 (dark/profound)
Graphical :
玄 => 一, 丶, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xuan2 - black/mysterious

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 玄 (xuan2): The component 玄 is pronounced as 'xuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

玄机 (玄機)
玄武 
玄武区 (玄武區)
玄关 (玄關)

Medium Frequency

唐玄宗 
故弄玄虚 (故弄玄虛)
玄 
玄乎 
玄奘 
玄妙 
玄秘 

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玄 also appears in:
玄蓄畜弦眩舷炫搐铉泫衒絃袨鮌稸痃蚿

虚

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  1. 虚 is the 1069th most frequent character.
  2. 虚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 虚 appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. 虚 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
虚 => 虍, 业
Radical :
虚 => 虍 (tiger stripes), No glyph available, 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one)
Graphical :
虚 => 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 丨, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu1 - emptiness/void/abstract theory or guiding principles/empty or unoccupied/diffident or timid/false/humble or modest/(of health) weak/virtual/in vain

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 虚 (xu1): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 虚 (xu1): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

空虚 (空虛)
虚 (虛)
虚假 (虛假)
虚伪 (虛偽)
虚幻 (虛幻)
虚拟 (虛擬)
虚荣 (虛榮)
谦虚 (謙虛)

Medium Frequency

心虚 (心虛)
虚名 (虛名)
虚妄 (虛妄)
虚实 (虛實)
虚度 (虛度)
虚弱 (虛弱)
虚心 (虛心)
虚情假意 (虛情假意)
虚怀若谷 (虛懷若谷)
虚荣心 (虛榮心)
虚构 (虛構)
虚岁 (虛歲)
虚无 (虛無)
虚无缥缈 (虛無縹緲)
虚空 (虛空)
虚脱 (虛脫)
虚惊 (虛驚)
阴虚 (陰虛)

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虚 also appears in:
墟嘘觑虡譃魖
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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