Meta:

  1. 私 is the 1021st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (private)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - personal/private/selfish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 私 (si1): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

私人 
自私 
隐私 (隱私)

Medium Frequency

无私 (無私)
 
私下 
私事 
私募 
私吞 
私奔 
私家 
私家车 (私家車)
私密 
私心 
私情 
私房 
私欲 
私自 
私藏 
私处 (私處)
私语 (私語)
缉私 (緝私)
自私自利 

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Meta:

  1. 欲 is the 1043rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (valley), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed
  2. yu4 - to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 欲 (yu4): The component 谷 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)
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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