1. 消
  2. 沉

消

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  1. 消 is the 439th most frequent character.
  2. 消 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 消 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 消 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
消 => 氵, 肖
Radical :
消 => 氵 (water), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
消 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 消 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消失 
消息 

Medium Frequency

取消 
消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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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