1. 死
  2. 命

死

Previous (边)Next (张)

Meta:

  1. 死 is the 317th most frequent character.
  2. 死 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 死 appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. 死 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
死 => 歹, 匕
Radical :
死 => 歹 (death/decay), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
死 => 一, 夕, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si3 - to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 死 (si3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

死 

Medium Frequency

冻死 (凍死)
半死 
去死 
堵死 
害死 
弄死 
打死 
掐死 
撞死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死去活来 (死去活來)
死因 
死心 
死心塌地 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死神 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
气死 (氣死)
生死 
要死 
起死回生 
逼死 
饿死 (餓死)

Appears In:

死 also appears in:
毙

命

#Back to top
Previous (资)Next (山)

Meta:

  1. 命 is the 258th most frequent character.
  2. 命 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 命 appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. 命 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
命 => 亼, 叩
Radical :
命 => 人 (human), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 卩 (seal)
Graphical :
命 => 人, 一, 口, 丨, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming4 - life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

命 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.