1. 笑
  2. 容
  3. 可
  4. 掬

笑

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  1. 笑 is the 346th most frequent character.
  2. 笑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 笑 appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. 笑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笑 => ⺮, 夭
Radical :
笑 => ⺮ (bamboo), ㇒ (N/A), 大 (big)
Graphical :
笑 => ⺮, ㇒, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao4 - laugh/smile/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微笑 
笑 

Medium Frequency

偷笑 
傻笑 
可笑 
嘲笑 
好笑 
搞笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑容 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑话 (笑話)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)

容

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Meta:

  1. 容 is the 442nd most frequent character.
  2. 容 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 容 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 容 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
容 => 宀, 谷
Radical :
容 => 宀 (roof), 谷 (valley)
Graphical :
容 => 冖, 丶, 八, 人, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Rong2 - surname Rong
  2. rong2 - to hold/to contain/to allow/to tolerate/appearance/look/countenance

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

内容 (內容)
容易 
笑容 

Medium Frequency

包容 
好不容易 
容 
容器 
容忍 
容纳 (容納)
容貌 
容量 
容颜 (容顏)
宽容 (寬容)
形容 
从容 (從容)
整容 
纵容 (縱容)
美容 
阵容 (陣容)

Appears In:

容 also appears in:
溶蓉熔镕榕穃鰫鎔褣

可

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Meta:

  1. 可 is the 30th most frequent character.
  2. 可 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 可 appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. 可 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
可 => 丁, 口
Radical :
可 => 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
可 => 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) certainly/very
  2. ke4 - see 可汗[ke4 han2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

可 
可以 
可是 
可能 

Medium Frequency

可怕 
可悲 
可惜 
可恶 (可惡)
可爱 (可愛)
可怜 (可憐)
可乐 (可樂)
宁可 (寧可)
无懈可击 (無懈可擊)

Appears In:

可 also appears in:
何阿奇河哥呵柯苛珂诃轲坷舸岢疴哿蚵鲄砢钶袔竒跒軻魺

掬

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Meta:

  1. 掬 is the 4382nd most frequent character.
  2. 掬 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掬 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 掬 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掬 => 扌, 匊
Radical :
掬 => 扌 (hand), 勹 (wrap), 米 (rice)
Graphical :
掬 => 亅, 二, ㇆, ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju1 - to hold with both hands/to grasp firmly/fig. to offer up sincerely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 掬 (ju1): The component 匊 is pronounced as 'ju2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

憨态可掬 (憨態可掬)

Medium Frequency

掬 
笑容可掬 
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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