1. 私
  2. 欲

私

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
私 => 禾, 厶
Radical :
私 => 禾 (grain), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
私 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, ㇛, 丶

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 
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 

欲

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
欲 => 谷, 欠
Radical :
欲 => 谷 (valley), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
欲 => 八, 人, 口, ⺈, 人

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 (慾)
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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