1. 活
  2. 該

活

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Meta:

  1. 活 is the 219th most frequent character.
  2. 活 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 活 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 活 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
活 => 氵, 舌
Radical :
活 => 氵 (water), 舌 (tongue)
Graphical :
活 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇒, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. huo2 - to live/alive/living/work/workmanship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

活 
活动 (活動)
生活 

Medium Frequency

干活 (幹活)
复活 (復活)
忙活 
活佛 
活力 
活活 
活泼 (活潑)
活该 (活該)
活跃 (活躍)
激活 

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活 also appears in:
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該

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Meta:

  1. 該 is the 319th most frequent character.
  2. 該 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 該 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 該 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
該 => 言, 亥
Radical :
該 => 言 (speech), 亠 (lid), 丨 (line), ㇙ (N/A), 人 (human)
Graphical :
該 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 一, 丶, 丨, ㇙, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gai1 - should/ought to/probably/must be/to deserve/to owe/to be sb's turn to do sth/that/the above-mentioned

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 該 (gai1): The component 亥 is pronounced as 'hai4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 該 (gai1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

应该 (應該)
该 (該)

Medium Frequency

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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