1. 新
  2. 陈
  3. 代
  4. 谢

新

Previous (或)Next (己)

Meta:

  1. 新 is the 161st most frequent character.
  2. 新 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 新 appears as a character in 199 words.
  4. 新 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
新 => 亲, 斤
Radical :
新 => 立 (stand erect), 十 (ten), 小 (small), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
新 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xin1 - abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
  2. xin1 - new/newly/meso- (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 亲 is pronounced as 'qin1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新 
新年 
新浪 
更新 

Medium Frequency

全新 
刷新 
创新 (創新)
新人 
新加坡 
新娘 
新婚 
新手 
新春 
新款 
新欢 (新歡)
新浪网 (新浪網)
新版 
新生 
新疆 
新闻 (新聞)
新郎 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
新鲜 (新鮮)
最新 
清新 
迎新 
重新 

Appears In:

新 also appears in:
薪

陈

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Meta:

  1. 陈 is the 525th most frequent character.
  2. 陈 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 陈 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 陈 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陈 => 阝, 东
Radical :
陈 => 阝 (town), 乚 (second), 一 (one), 小 (small)
Graphical :
陈 => 丨, ㇌, 乚, 一, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chen2 - surname Chen/vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC/Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
  2. chen2 - to lay out/to exhibit/to display/to narrate/to state/to explain/to tell/old/stale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
陈 (陳)
陈奕迅 (陳奕迅)

Medium Frequency

推陈出新 (推陳出新)
陈冠希 (陳冠希)
陈凯歌 (陳凱歌)
陈列 (陳列)
陈年 (陳年)
陈水扁 (陳水扁)
陈皮 (陳皮)
陈旧 (陳舊)
陈述 (陳述)
陈醋 (陳醋)

代

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Meta:

  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. 代 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 代 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 代 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
代 => 亻, 弋
Radical :
代 => 亻 (human), 弋 (arrow)
Graphical :
代 => ㇒, 丨, 弋

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

代 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

Appears In:

代 also appears in:
袋贷黛岱玳貸鮘

谢

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Meta:

  1. 谢 is the 895th most frequent character.
  2. 谢 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 谢 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 谢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
谢 => 讠, 射
Radical :
谢 => 讠 (speech), 身 (body), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
谢 => ㇊, 丶, 𠂎, 丶, 二, 丿, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xie4 - surname Xie
  2. xie4 - to thank/to apologize/to wither (of flowers, leaves etc)/to decline

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

感谢 (感謝)
谢谢 (謝謝)

Medium Frequency

代谢 (代謝)
多谢 (多謝)
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
谢 (謝)
谢霆锋 (謝霆鋒)
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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