1. 淤
  2. 泥

淤

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  1. 淤 is the 3569th most frequent character.
  2. 淤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 淤 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 淤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淤 => 氵, 於
Radical :
淤 => 氵 (water), 方 (square/raft), 人 (human), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
淤 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆, 人, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu1 - silt/river sludge/to silt up/choked with silt/variant of 瘀[yu1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淤 (yu1): The component 於 is pronounced as 'wu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

淤 
淤泥 
淤积 (淤積)
淤血 
淤青 

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)
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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