1. 泥
  2. 瓦
  3. 匠

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)

瓦

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  1. 瓦 is the 1193rd most frequent character.
  2. 瓦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 瓦 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 瓦 appears as a component in 14 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
瓦 => No glyph available, 丶
Radical :
瓦 => 瓦 (tile)
Graphical :
瓦 => 匸, ㇈, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wa3 - roof tile/abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4], watt (loan)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 瓦 (wa3): The component 瓦 is pronounced as 'wa3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

瓦 
瓦解 

Medium Frequency

兆瓦 
千瓦 
哈瓦那 
图瓦卢 (圖瓦盧)
土崩瓦解 
摩尔多瓦 (摩爾多瓦)
施瓦辛格 
日内瓦 (日內瓦)
泥瓦匠 
琉璃瓦 
瓦努阿图 (瓦努阿圖)
瓦房店 
瓦斯 
瓦片 
瓦特 
瓦砾 (瓦礫)
瓦西里 
卢瓦尔河 (盧瓦爾河)
砖瓦 (磚瓦)
科尔多瓦 (科爾多瓦)
科特迪瓦 
里瓦尔多 (里瓦爾多)

Appears In:

瓦 also appears in:
瓦瓶瓷瓮甄甑瓯佤瓴瓿甓甏缻甍

匠

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  1. 匠 is the 2106th most frequent character.
  2. 匠 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 匠 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 匠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
匠 => 匚, 斤
Radical :
匠 => 匚 (box), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
匠 => 一, ㇗, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiang4 - craftsman

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 匠 (jiang4): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

木匠 
皮匠 
铁匠 (鐵匠)

Medium Frequency

工匠 
巧匠 
巨匠 
泥瓦匠 
花匠 
鞋匠 
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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