1. 缠
  2. 绵
  3. 悱
  4. 恻

缠

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  1. 缠 is the 2042nd most frequent character.
  2. 缠 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 缠 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 缠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
缠 => 纟, 㢆
Radical :
缠 => 纟 (silk), 广 (house on cliff), 里 (village/mile)
Graphical :
缠 => ㇛, 一, 厂, 丶, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chan2 - to wind around/to wrap round/to coil/tangle/to involve/to bother/to annoy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 缠 (chan2): The component 㢆 is pronounced as 'chan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

纠缠 (糾纏)
缠 (纏)
缠绵 (纏綿)

Medium Frequency

纠缠不清 (糾纏不清)
缠绕 (纏繞)
腰缠万贯 (腰纏萬貫)
蛮缠 (蠻纏)
难缠 (難纏)

绵

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  1. 绵 is the 2181st most frequent character.
  2. 绵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 绵 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 绵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
绵 => 纟, 帛
Radical :
绵 => 纟 (silk), 白 (white), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
绵 => ㇛, 一, 口, 一, ㇒, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian2 - silk floss/continuous/soft/weak/mild-mannered (topolect)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海绵 (海綿)
绵绵 (綿綿)
绵羊 (綿羊)
缠绵 (纏綿)

Medium Frequency

延绵 (延綿)
绵延 (綿延)
绵阳 (綿陽)
软绵绵 (軟綿綿)
连绵 (連綿)

悱

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  1. 悱 is the 5821st most frequent character.
  2. 悱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 悱 appears as a character in 0 words.
  4. 悱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
悱 => 忄, 非
Radical :
悱 => 忄 (heart), 非 (wrong)
Graphical :
悱 => 丨, 八, 非

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fei3 - want but cannot speak

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 悱 (fei3): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

恻

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  1. 恻 is the 3887th most frequent character.
  2. 恻 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 恻 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 恻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
恻 => 忄, 则
Radical :
恻 => 忄 (heart), 贝 (shell), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
恻 => 丨, 八, 冂, 人, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ce4 - sorrowful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 恻 (ce4): The component 则 is pronounced as 'ze2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

缠绵悱恻 (纏綿悱惻)

Medium Frequency

凄恻 (悽惻)
恻隐 (惻隱)
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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