1. 泥
  2. 潭

泥

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  1. 泥 is the 1497th most frequent character.
  2. 泥 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 泥 appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. 泥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
泥 => 氵, 尼
Radical :
泥 => 氵 (water), 尸 (corpse), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
泥 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 匚, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ni2 - mud/clay/paste/pulp
  2. ni4 - restrained

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni2): The component 尼 is pronounced as 'ni2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni2): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni2): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni4): The component 尼 is pronounced as 'ni2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni4): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 泥 (ni4): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

土豆泥 
水泥 
泥土 
泥煤 

Medium Frequency

拖泥带水 (拖泥帶水)
拘泥 
枣泥 (棗泥)
污泥 
泥 
泥巴 
泥沙 
泥沼 
泥淖 
泥浆 (泥漿)
泥潭 
泥泞 (泥濘)
泥石流 
泥鳅 (泥鰍)
淤泥 
烂泥 (爛泥)
烂醉如泥 (爛醉如泥)
草泥马 (草泥馬)

潭

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  1. 潭 is the 2744th most frequent character.
  2. 潭 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 潭 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 潭 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
潭 => 氵, No glyph available
Radical :
潭 => 氵 (water), 西 (west), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
潭 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丿, 乚, 冂, 一, 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - deep pool/pond/pit (topolect)/depression

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

湘潭 
龙潭 (龍潭)

Medium Frequency

一潭死水 
平潭 
平潭县 (平潭縣)
日月潭 
水潭 
泥潭 
深潭 
潭 
潭柘寺 
潭水 
鹰潭 (鷹潭)
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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