1. 未
  2. 雨
  3. 綢
  4. 繆

未

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  1. 未 is the 385th most frequent character.
  2. 未 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 未 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 未 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
未 => 木, 一
Radical :
未 => 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
未 => 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei4 - not yet/did not/have not/not/8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未 
未来 (未來)

Medium Frequency

前所未有 
从未 (從未)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
未婚 
未必 
未知 

Appears In:

未 also appears in:
来味朱妹昧魅苿跊祙鮇

雨

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  1. 雨 is the 926th most frequent character.
  2. 雨 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 雨 appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. 雨 appears as a component in 93 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
雨 => 帀, No glyph available
Radical :
雨 => 雨 (rain)
Graphical :
雨 => 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu3 - rain/CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
  2. yu4 - to rain/(of rain, snow etc) to fall/to precipitate/to wet

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu3): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu3): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu4): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu4): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下雨 
雨 

Medium Frequency

冒雨 
大雨 
小雨 
春雨 
暴雨 
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
流星雨 
淋雨 
烟雨 (煙雨)
细雨 (細雨)
阵雨 (陣雨)
雨伞 (雨傘)
雨天 
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雨季 
雨林 
雨水 
风雨 (風雨)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)

Appears In:

雨 also appears in:
需雷露雨雪震零霍雾霸儒霞漏霉霆霜雯霄霖懦霎蕾霹蠕雳霓擂躏雹孺嚅糯镭霭霾孀濡霁霰霏鳕藿蔺雱樗灞繻嚯酃锎薷霈電礌雰雩靈襦攉霪霨霅雲霑颥霚臑靉檑雮霧顬羺鄠霳霮臛霫鐳霠霤霩繧霘霣靃鸘靄驦鸖醽霂霝

綢

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  1. 綢 is the 2629th most frequent character.
  2. 綢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 綢 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 綢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
綢 => 糹, 周
Radical :
綢 => 糹 (silk), 田 (field), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
綢 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - (light) silk/CL:匹[pi3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 周 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
丝绸 (絲綢)

Medium Frequency

丝绸之路 (絲綢之路)
绸缎 (綢緞)
绸缪 (綢繆)

繆

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  1. 繆 is the 3280th most frequent character.
  2. 繆 has 5 dictionary entries.
  3. 繆 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 繆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
繆 => 糹, 翏
Radical :
繆 => 糹 (silk), 羽 (feather), 人 (human), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
繆 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 羽, 人, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Miao4 - surname Miao
  2. liao3 - old variant of 缭
  3. miao4 - mu (Greek letter Μμ)
  4. mou2 - to wind round
  5. mu4 - old variant of 穆[mu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 繆 (liao3): The component 翏 is pronounced as 'liu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 繆 (mu4): The component 羽 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)

Medium Frequency

塞缪尔 (塞繆爾)
绸缪 (綢繆)
缪 (繆)
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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