Meta:

  1. 淹 is the 2575th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (big), (sun/day), (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - to flood/to submerge/to drown/to irritate the skin (of liquids)/to delay

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淹 (yan1): The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淹 (yan1): The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yan3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 淹 (yan1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

淹没 (淹沒)

Medium Frequency

 
淹死 

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Meta:

  1. 沒 is the 72nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei2 - (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not
  2. mo4 - drowned/to end/to die/to inundate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
没有 (沒有)

Medium Frequency

没事 (沒事)
没什么 (沒什麼)
没心没肺 (沒心沒肺)
没法 (沒法)
没什么 (沒甚麼)
没用 (沒用)
没错 (沒錯)
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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