1. 沦
  2. 为

沦

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Meta:

  1. 沦 is the 2727th most frequent character.
  2. 沦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 沦 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 沦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沦 => 氵, 仑
Radical :
沦 => 氵 (water), 人 (human), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
沦 => ⺀, ㇀, 人, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lun2 - to sink (into ruin, oblivion)/to be reduced to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沦 (lun2): The component 仑 is pronounced as 'lun2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉沦 (沉淪)
沦为 (淪為)
沦落 (淪落)
沦陷 (淪陷)

Medium Frequency

沦亡 (淪亡)
沦丧 (淪喪)

为

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Meta:

  1. 为 is the 18th most frequent character.
  2. 为 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 为 appears as a character in 130 words.
  4. 为 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
为 => 力, ⺀
Radical :
为 => 力 (power/force), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
为 => ㇆, 丿, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei2 - as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do/by (in the passive voice)
  2. wei4 - because of/for/to
  3. wei2 - variant of 為|为[wei2]/as (i.e. in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave as/to become/to be/to do
  4. wei4 - variant of 為|为[wei4], because of/for/to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

以为 (以為)
因为 (因為)
成为 (成為)
为 (為)
为了 (為了)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
作为 (作為)
改为 (改為)
最为 (最為)
为主 (為主)
为何 (為何)
为止 (為止)
无能为力 (無能為力)
称为 (稱為)
行为 (行為)
认为 (認為)
身为 (身為)

Appears In:

为 also appears in:
伪妫沩
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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