1. 禮
  2. 義
  3. 廉
  4. 恥

禮

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  1. 禮 is the 924th most frequent character.
  2. 禮 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 禮 appears as a character in 74 words.
  4. 禮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
禮 => 礻, 豊
Radical :
禮 => 礻 (sign), No glyph available, 二 (two), 凵 (container), 豆 (bean)
Graphical :
禮 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 丶, 丨, 二, 凵, 一, 口, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Li3 - surname Li
  2. li3 - gift/rite/ceremony/CL:份[fen4]/propriety/etiquette/courtesy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 禮 (li3): The component 豊 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 禮 (li3): The component 礻 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

婚礼 (婚禮)
礼 (禮)
礼物 (禮物)

Medium Frequency

典礼 (典禮)
失礼 (失禮)
收礼 (收禮)
敬礼 (敬禮)
洗礼 (洗禮)
礼仪 (禮儀)
礼品 (禮品)
礼堂 (禮堂)
礼拜 (禮拜)
礼服 (禮服)
礼花 (禮花)
礼貌 (禮貌)
礼遇 (禮遇)
葬礼 (葬禮)
贺礼 (賀禮)
送礼 (送禮)
非礼 (非禮)

義

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  1. 義 is the 208th most frequent character.
  2. 義 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 義 appears as a character in 184 words.
  4. 義 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
義 => 羊, 我
Radical :
義 => 羊 (sheep), 手 (hand), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
義 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, ㇒, 亅, 二, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi4 - justice/righteousness/meaning

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 義 (yi4): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

侠义 (俠義)
名义 (名義)
含义 (含義)
定义 (定義)
意义 (意義)
正义 (正義)
社会主义 (社會主義)
义务 (義務)
义气 (義氣)
义无反顾 (義無反顧)

Medium Frequency

三民主义 (三民主義)
不义 (不義)
主义 (主義)
人道主义 (人道主義)
仁义 (仁義)
仁义道德 (仁義道德)
仗义 (仗義)
信义 (信義)
个人主义 (個人主義)
公义 (公義)
共产主义 (共產主義)
反义词 (反義詞)
同义词 (同義詞)
唯心主义 (唯心主義)
唯物主义 (唯物主義)
嘉义 (嘉義)
大男子主义 (大男子主義)
大义 (大義)
天经地义 (天經地義)
女权主义 (女權主義)
存在主义 (存在主義)
完美主义者 (完美主義者)
官僚主义 (官僚主義)
就义 (就義)
帝国主义 (帝國主義)
广义 (廣義)
形式主义 (形式主義)
忘恩负义 (忘恩負義)
忠义 (忠義)
恐怖主义 (恐怖主義)
情义 (情義)
爱国主义 (愛國主義)
拜金主义 (拜金主義)
教义 (教義)
断章取义 (斷章取義)
有意义 (有意義)
武义 (武義)
歧义 (歧義)
民族主义 (民族主義)
浪漫主义 (浪漫主義)
涵义 (涵義)
演义 (演義)
无情无义 (無情無義)
无义 (無義)
狭义 (狹義)
现实主义 (現實主義)
礼义廉耻 (禮義廉恥)
结义 (結義)
义 (義)
义不容辞 (義不容辭)
义人 (義人)
义勇军 (義勇軍)
义工 (義工)
义愤填膺 (義憤填膺)
义乌 (義烏)
义乌市 (義烏市)
义卖 (義賣)
自由主义 (自由主義)
兴义 (興義)
要义 (要義)
见利忘义 (見利忘義)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
讲义 (講義)
贬义 (貶義)
资本主义 (資本主義)
起义 (起義)
近义词 (近義詞)
道义 (道義)
遵义 (遵義)
释义 (釋義)
顺义 (順義)
顺义区 (順義區)
顾名思义 (顧名思義)
马克思主义 (馬克思主義)

Appears In:

義 also appears in:
議蟻艤礒

廉

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  1. 廉 is the 1816th most frequent character.
  2. 廉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 廉 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 廉 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
廉 => 广, 兼
Radical :
廉 => 广 (house on cliff), 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), No glyph available, 八 (eight/divide), ⺕ (pig snout)
Graphical :
廉 => 厂, 丶, 丷, 一, 丨, 八, 匚, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lian2 - surname Lian
  2. lian2 - incorruptible/honest/inexpensive/to investigate (old)/side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 廉 (lian2): The component 兼 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

廉价 (廉價)

Medium Frequency

低廉 
价廉物美 (價廉物美)
威廉 
廉耻 (廉恥)
廉政 
廉江 
廉洁 (廉潔)
廉颇 (廉頗)
清廉 
物美价廉 (物美價廉)

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廉 also appears in:
镰濂臁蠊鐮簾

恥

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  1. 恥 is the 2164th most frequent character.
  2. 恥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 恥 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 恥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
恥 => 耳, 心
Radical :
恥 => 耳 (ear), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
恥 => 二, 丨, 二, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi3 - shame/disgrace

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

可耻 (可恥)
无耻 (無恥)

Medium Frequency

厚颜无耻 (厚顏無恥)
国耻 (國恥)
廉耻 (廉恥)
耻笑 (恥笑)
耻辱 (恥辱)
恬不知耻 (恬不知恥)
羞耻 (羞恥)
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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