Meta:

  1. 沒 is the 72nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei2 - (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not
  2. mo4 - drowned/to end/to die/to inundate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
没有 (沒有)

Medium Frequency

没事 (沒事)
没什么 (沒什麼)
没心没肺 (沒心沒肺)
没法 (沒法)
没什么 (沒甚麼)
没用 (沒用)
没错 (沒錯)

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Meta:

  1. 甚 is a very uncommon character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sweet), (box), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen4 - what/very/extremely/any

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

甚至 

Medium Frequency

 
甚么 (甚麼)

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Meta:

  1. 麼 is the 63rd most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hemp), (short/tiny)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma2 - exclamatory final particle
  2. ma5 - interrogative final particle
  3. me5 - suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc
  4. mo2 - tiny/insignificant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (ma5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (me5): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 麼 (mo2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
怎么 (怎麼)
这么 (這麼)
那么 (那麼)

Medium Frequency

多么 (多麼)
怎么样 (怎麼樣)
为什么 (為什麼)
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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