1. 细
  2. 嚼
  3. 慢
  4. 咽

细

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  1. 细 is the 597th most frequent character.
  2. 细 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 细 appears as a character in 69 words.
  4. 细 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
细 => 纟, 田
Radical :
细 => 纟 (silk), 田 (field)
Graphical :
细 => ㇛, 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi4 - thin or slender/finely particulate/thin and soft/fine/delicate/trifling/(of a sound) quiet/frugal

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 细 (xi4): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仔细 (仔細)
细 (細)
细节 (細節)
细胞 (細胞)
细腻 (細膩)
详细 (詳細)

Medium Frequency

心细 (心細)
明细 (明細)
粗细 (粗細)
精打细算 (精打細算)
精细 (精細)
细分 (細分)
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
细嫩 (細嫩)
细密 (細密)
细微 (細微)
细心 (細心)
细数 (細數)
细水长流 (細水長流)
细致 (細緻)
细菌 (細菌)
细语 (細語)
细长 (細長)
细雨 (細雨)
纤细 (纖細)

嚼

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  1. 嚼 is the 2725th most frequent character.
  2. 嚼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嚼 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 嚼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚼 => 口, 爵
Radical :
嚼 => 口 (mouth), 爫 (claw/talon), 罒 (net), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
嚼 => 口, 爫, 口, 丨, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao2 - to chew/also pr. [jue2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 爵 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嚼 (jiao2): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

嚼 

Medium Frequency

咀嚼 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)

慢

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  1. 慢 is the 820th most frequent character.
  2. 慢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 慢 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 慢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
慢 => 忄, 曼
Radical :
慢 => 忄 (heart), 日 (sun/day), 罒 (net), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
慢 => 丨, 八, 口, 一, 口, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. man4 - slow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 慢 (man4): The component 曼 is pronounced as 'man4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

慢 
慢慢 

Medium Frequency

傲慢 
慢性 
缓慢 (緩慢)

咽

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  1. 咽 is the 2027th most frequent character.
  2. 咽 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 咽 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 咽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咽 => 口, 因
Radical :
咽 => 口 (mouth), 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)
Graphical :
咽 => 口, 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - narrow pass/throat/pharynx
  2. yan4 - to swallow
  3. ye4 - to choke (in crying)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan1): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (yan4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 咽 (ye4): The component 因 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

咽 

Medium Frequency

吞咽 
咽下 
咽喉 
咽炎 
哽咽 
狼吞虎咽 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
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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