1. 步
  2. 履
  3. 維
  4. 艱

步

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  1. 步 is the 349th most frequent character.
  2. 步 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 步 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 步 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
步 => 止, 𣥂
Radical :
步 => 止 (stop), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
步 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bu4 - surname Bu
  2. bu4 - a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

步 
步步 
进步 (進步)

Medium Frequency

初步 
同步 
地步 
大步 
徒步 
散步 
止步 
步伐 
步入 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
步骤 (步驟)
漫步 
脚步 (腳步)
舞步 
让步 (讓步)
起步 
跑步 
退步 
逐步 
进一步 (進一步)

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步 also appears in:
涉频陟頻踄

履

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  1. 履 is the 1800th most frequent character.
  2. 履 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 履 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 履 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
履 => 尸, 復
Radical :
履 => 尸 (corpse), 彳 (step), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
履 => 丨, 匚, ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 口, 一, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu:3 - shoe/to tread on

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

履行 

Medium Frequency

履带 (履帶)
履历 (履歷)
步履 
步履维艰 (步履維艱)
西装革履 (西裝革履)

維

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  1. 維 is the 520th most frequent character.
  2. 維 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 維 appears as a character in 80 words.
  4. 維 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
維 => 糹, 隹
Radical :
維 => 糹 (silk), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
維 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei2 - abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]/surname Wei
  2. wei2 - to preserve/to maintain/to hold together/dimension/vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

思维 (思維)
维修 (維修)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
维持 (維持)
维生素 (維生素)
维护 (維護)
纤维 (纖維)

Medium Frequency

三维 (三維)
二维 (二維)
四维 (四維)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
恭维 (恭維)
戴维斯 (戴維斯)
拉斯维加斯 (拉斯維加斯)
玻利维亚 (玻利維亞)
维 (維)
维也纳 (維也納)
维他命 (維他命)
维吾尔 (維吾爾)
维和 (維和)
维基 (維基)
维基百科 (維基百科)
维多利亚港 (維多利亞港)
维度 (維度)
维拉 (維拉)
维族 (維族)
维权 (維權)
维港 (維港)
维纳斯 (維納斯)
维系 (維繫)
纤维素 (纖維素)

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維 also appears in:
羅

艱

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  1. 艱 is the 1645th most frequent character.
  2. 艱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 艱 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 艱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
艱 => No glyph available, 艮
Radical :
艱 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 人 (human), 二 (two), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
艱 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 人, 二, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - difficult/hard/hardship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艱 (jian1): The component 廿 is pronounced as 'nian4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

艰巨 (艱巨)
艰辛 (艱辛)
艰难 (艱難)

Medium Frequency

艰苦 (艱苦)
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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