1. 破
  2. 釜
  3. 沉
  4. 舟

破

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  1. 破 is the 604th most frequent character.
  2. 破 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 破 appears as a character in 88 words.
  4. 破 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
破 => 石, 皮
Radical :
破 => 石 (stone), 皮 (skin)
Graphical :
破 => 一, 丿, 口, 丿, ㇆, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. po4 - broken/damaged/worn out/to break, split or cleave/to get rid of/to destroy/to break with/to defeat/to capture (a city etc)/to expose the truth of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 破 (po4): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

破 
破坏 (破壞)
突破 

Medium Frequency

划破 
打破 
拿破仑 (拿破侖)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
爆破 
看破 
破例 
破口大骂 (破口大罵)
破天荒 
破戒 
破晓 (破曉)
破案 
破洞 
破灭 (破滅)
破烂 (破爛)
破产 (破產)
破相 
破碎 
破绽 (破綻)
破旧 (破舊)
破裂 
破解 
破财 (破財)
破费 (破費)
破釜沉舟 
破门 (破門)
冲破 (衝破)
识破 (識破)
头破血流 (頭破血流)

釜

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  1. 釜 is the 3777th most frequent character.
  2. 釜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 釜 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 釜 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
釜 => 父, 金
Radical :
釜 => 父 (father), 金 (metal/gold)
Graphical :
釜 => 八, 乂, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu3 - kettle/cauldron

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 釜 (fu3): The component 父 is pronounced as 'fu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

破釜沉舟 
釜山 

Appears In:

釜 also appears in:
滏

沉

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  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)

舟

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  1. 舟 is the 2219th most frequent character.
  2. 舟 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 舟 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 舟 appears as a component in 63 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
舟 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
舟 => 舟 (boat)
Graphical :
舟 => 冂, 丶, ⺀, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou1 - boat

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 舟 (zhou1): The component 舟 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

方舟 

Medium Frequency

泛舟 
破釜沉舟 
舟 
舟山 
舟山市 
风雨同舟 (風雨同舟)

Appears In:

舟 also appears in:
船般航舰盘艇艘搬舱舟舶舵舷磐瘢舫艄舸舻舢艉艏舨舾艚艟舯舳艨舴舭艋艖盤辀舡舲艞艆艈艦艐艜鸼艤艕輈舣艧艎舦艊艁艂艒艫艭艩艍艑艙艢艣
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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