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  1. 淺 is the 1719th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - sound of moving water
  2. qian3 - shallow/light (color)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淺 (jian1): The component 戔 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淺 (qian3): The component 戔 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

搁浅 (擱淺)
 ()
肤浅 (膚淺)

Medium Frequency

深浅 (深淺)
浅析 (淺析)
浅水 (淺水)
浅滩 (淺灘)
浅色 (淺色)
浅薄 (淺薄)
浅显 (淺顯)
浅黄色 (淺黃色)
短浅 (短淺)

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Meta:

  1. 嘗 is the 1619th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (small), (cover), (mouth), (spoon), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chang2 - to taste/to try/already/ever/once
  2. chang2 - to taste

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尝试 (嘗試)

Medium Frequency

何尝 (何嘗)
品尝 (品嘗)
 ()

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Meta:

  1. 輒 is the 3550th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (car), (ear), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhe2 - then/at once/always/(archaic) luggage rack on a chariot

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 輒 (zhe2): The component 車 is pronounced as 'che1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

动辄 (動輒)

Medium Frequency

浅尝辄止 (淺嘗輒止)
浅尝辄止 (淺嚐輒止)

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Meta:

  1. 止 is the 596th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 103 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stop)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - to stop/to prohibit/until/only

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 止 (zhi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

停止 
 
为止 (為止)
禁止 
防止 
阻止 

Medium Frequency

不止 
制止 
截止 
止咳 
止境 
止步 
止痛 
止血 
终止 (終止)
举止 (舉止)
观止 (觀止)
适可而止 (適可而止)
静止 (靜止)
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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