1. 浮
  2. 沉

浮

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Meta:

  1. 浮 is the 1460th most frequent character.
  2. 浮 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 浮 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 浮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
浮 => 氵, 孚
Radical :
浮 => 氵 (water), 爫 (claw/talon), 子 (child)
Graphical :
浮 => ⺀, ㇀, 爫, ㇇, 亅, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu2 - to float/superficial/floating/unstable/movable/provisional/temporary/transient/impetuous/hollow/inflated/to exceed/superfluous/excessive/surplus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 浮 (fu2): The component 孚 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

浮躁 
浮云 (浮雲)
轻浮 (輕浮)

Medium Frequency

悬浮 (懸浮)
沉浮 
浮上 
浮出 
浮动 (浮動)
浮想 
浮沉 
浮潜 (浮潛)
浮现 (浮現)
浮肿 (浮腫)
浮华 (浮華)
浮夸 (浮誇)
浮起 
漂浮 
卢浮宫 (盧浮宮)
罗浮山 (羅浮山)
云浮 (雲浮)
飘浮 (飄浮)

沉

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Meta:

  1. 沉 is the 746th most frequent character.
  2. 沉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沉 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 沉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沉 => 氵, 冗
Radical :
沉 => 氵 (water), 冖 (cover), 几 (table)
Graphical :
沉 => ⺀, ㇀, 冖, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen1 - see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
  2. chen2 - to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to drop/deep/profound/heavy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉重 
沉默 

Medium Frequency

低沉 
沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)
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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