1. 生
  2. 老
  3. 病
  4. 死

生

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  1. 生 is the 34th most frequent character.
  2. 生 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 生 appears as a character in 346 words.
  4. 生 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
生 => 龶, ㇒
Radical :
生 => 生 (life)
Graphical :
生 => 龶, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sheng1 - to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 生 (sheng1): The component 生 is pronounced as 'sheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生 
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Medium Frequency

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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生 also appears in:
生性星胜醒姓隆牲猩腥惺甥窿笙旌戥蕤眚癃篂霳苼鼪鍟鏟

老

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Meta:

  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. 老 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 老 appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. 老 appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
老 => 耂, 匕
Radical :
老 => 老 (old)
Graphical :
老 => 耂, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

Appears In:

老 also appears in:
老鳍姥嗜佬耆耄铑蓍耋栳粩蛯耈荖鬐螧都者教考著诸署绪储猪赌孝屠堵睹煮烤奢暑嘟哮拷躇薯曙酵铐褚赭渚箸潴锗禇楮橥翥槠栲阇諸覩豬緒藷陼硣耇闍鲓鷵耊蠩

病

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Meta:

  1. 病 is the 427th most frequent character.
  2. 病 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 病 appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. 病 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
病 => 疒, 丙
Radical :
病 => 疒 (sickness), 一 (one), 人 (human), 冂 (upside down box)
Graphical :
病 => 一, 丶, 厂, 丶, 一, 人, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bing4 - illness/CL:場|场[chang2]/disease/to fall ill/defect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 病 (bing4): The component 丙 is pronounced as 'bing3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

毛病 
生病 
疾病 
病 
病人 
病毒 
神经病 (神經病)

Medium Frequency

传染病 (傳染病)
冠心病 
大病 
小病 
心病 
心脏病 (心臟病)
性病 
患病 
治病 
犯病 
生老病死 
病例 
病倒 
病假 
病入膏肓 
病危 
病友 
病史 
病因 
病床 
病患 
病情 
病态 (病態)
病房 
病历 (病歷)
病死 
病毒性 
病理 
病症 
病痛 
病菌 
病号 (病號)
病变 (病變)
病逝 
病重 
病院 
病魔 
发病 (發病)
发病率 (發病率)
白血病 
皮肤病 (皮膚病)
看病 
精神病 
糖尿病 
职业病 (職業病)
肝病 
胃病 
致病 
艾滋病 
通病 
重病 
颈椎病 (頸椎病)
养病 (養病)

死

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  1. 死 is the 317th most frequent character.
  2. 死 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 死 appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. 死 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
死 => 歹, 匕
Radical :
死 => 歹 (death/decay), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
死 => 一, 夕, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si3 - to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 死 (si3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

死 

Medium Frequency

冻死 (凍死)
半死 
去死 
堵死 
害死 
弄死 
打死 
掐死 
撞死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死去活来 (死去活來)
死因 
死心 
死心塌地 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死神 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
气死 (氣死)
生死 
要死 
起死回生 
逼死 
饿死 (餓死)

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死 also appears in:
毙
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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