1. 沉
  2. 著

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)

著

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Meta:

  1. 著 is a very uncommon character.
  2. 著 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 著 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 著 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
著 => 艹, 者
Radical :
著 => 艹 (grass), 耂 (old), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
著 => 艹, 耂, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - to make known/to show/to prove/to write/book/outstanding

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 著 (zhu4): The component 者 is pronounced as 'zhe3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

著 

Medium Frequency

著名 
显著 (顯著)

Appears In:

著 also appears in:
躇
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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