1. 望
  2. 眼
  3. 欲
  4. 穿

望

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  1. 望 is the 326th most frequent character.
  2. 望 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 望 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 望 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
望 => 肓, 王
Radical :
望 => 匸 (hiding enclosure), 丶 (dot), 月 (moon), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
望 => 匸, 丶, 冂, 二, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang4 - full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

希望 

Medium Frequency

仰望 
失望 
奢望 
欲望 (慾望)
指望 
望 
期望 
渴望 
盼望 
绝望 (絕望)
声望 (聲望)
愿望 (願望)

眼

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  1. 眼 is the 281st most frequent character.
  2. 眼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 眼 appears as a character in 187 words.
  4. 眼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
眼 => 目, 艮
Radical :
眼 => 目 (eye), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
眼 => 口, 二, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan3 - eye/small hole/crux (of a matter)/CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]/classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

眼 
眼泪 (眼淚)
眼睛 
眼神 

Medium Frequency

一眼 
不起眼 
傻眼 
冷眼 
刺眼 
合眼 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
字眼 
小心眼 
心眼 
挑花眼 
抢眼 (搶眼)
满眼 (滿眼)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
白眼 
眉眼 
眨眼 
眼下 
眼光 
眼前 
眼力 
眼圈 
眼影 
眼熟 
眼珠 
眼球 
眼皮 
眼看 
眼眶 
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜)
眼红 (眼紅)
眼线 (眼線)
眼花 
眼袋 
眼角 
眼镜 (眼鏡)
睁眼 (睜眼)
瞎眼 
耀眼 
着眼 (著眼)
亲眼 (親眼)
猫眼 (貓眼)
转眼 (轉眼)
开眼 (開眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
电眼 (電眼)
顺眼 (順眼)
龙眼 (龍眼)

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)

穿

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  1. 穿 is the 783rd most frequent character.
  2. 穿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 穿 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 穿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
穿 => 穴, 牙
Radical :
穿 => 穴 (cave), 牙 (fang)
Graphical :
穿 => 冖, 丶, 八, 一, 丨, ㇜, 亅, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan1 - to bore through/to pierce/to perforate/to penetrate/to pass through/to dress/to wear/to put on/to thread

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

穿 
穿越 

Medium Frequency

看穿 
穿上 
穿梭 
穿衣 
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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