1. 沉
  2. 淀

沉

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Meta:

  1. 沉 is the 746th most frequent character.
  2. 沉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沉 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 沉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沉 => 氵, 冗
Radical :
沉 => 氵 (water), 冖 (cover), 几 (table)
Graphical :
沉 => ⺀, ㇀, 冖, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen1 - see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
  2. chen2 - to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to drop/deep/profound/heavy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉重 
沉默 

Medium Frequency

低沉 
沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)

淀

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Meta:

  1. 淀 is the 3153rd most frequent character.
  2. 淀 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 淀 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 淀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淀 => 氵, 定
Radical :
淀 => 氵 (water), 宀 (roof), 一 (one), 龰 (N/A)
Graphical :
淀 => ⺀, ㇀, 冖, 丶, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dian4 - shallow water
  2. dian4 - sediment/precipitate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淀 (dian4): The component 定 is pronounced as 'ding4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淀 (dian4): The component 宀 is pronounced as 'mian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉淀 (沉澱)
淀粉 (澱粉)

Medium Frequency

海淀 (海澱)
海淀区 (海澱區)
积淀 (積澱)
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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