1. 老
  2. 当
  3. 益
  4. 壮

老

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Meta:

  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. 老 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 老 appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. 老 appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
老 => 耂, 匕
Radical :
老 => 老 (old)
Graphical :
老 => 耂, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

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老 also appears in:
老鳍姥嗜佬耆耄铑蓍耋栳粩蛯耈荖鬐螧都者教考著诸署绪储猪赌孝屠堵睹煮烤奢暑嘟哮拷躇薯曙酵铐褚赭渚箸潴锗禇楮橥翥槠栲阇諸覩豬緒藷陼硣耇闍鲓鷵耊蠩

当

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Meta:

  1. 当 is the 71st most frequent character.
  2. 当 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 当 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 当 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
当 => ⺌, 彐
Radical :
当 => ⺌ (small), 彐 (pig snout)
Graphical :
当 => 丨, 丷, ㇕, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dang1 - to be/to act as/manage/withstand/when/during/ought/should/match equally/equal/same/obstruct/just at (a time or place)/on the spot/right/just at
  2. dang4 - at or in the very same.../suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/to replace/to regard as/to think/to pawn/(coll.) to fail (a student)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

当 (當)
当年 (當年)
当时 (當時)
当然 (當然)

Medium Frequency

上当 (上當)
不当 (不當)
亚当 (亞當)
便当 (便當)
充当 (充當)
叮当 (叮當)
得当 (得當)
恰当 (恰當)
应当 (應當)
担当 (擔當)
理所当然 (理所當然)
当下 (當下)
当中 (當中)
当事人 (當事人)
当今 (當今)
当代 (當代)
当作 (當作)
当做 (當做)
当兵 (當兵)
当初 (當初)
当前 (當前)
当地 (當地)
当场 (當場)
当天 (當天)
当家 (當家)
当局 (當局)
当心 (當心)
当成 (當成)
当日 (當日)
当晚 (當晚)
当当 (當當)
当真 (當真)
当众 (當眾)
当红 (當紅)
当选 (當選)
当面 (當面)
相当 (相當)
相当于 (相當於)
适当 (適當)
麦当劳 (麥當勞)
麦当娜 (麥當娜)

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当 also appears in:
档挡裆铛

益

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Meta:

  1. 益 is the 648th most frequent character.
  2. 益 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 益 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 益 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
益 => No glyph available, 皿
Radical :
益 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
益 => 丷, 一, 八, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi4 - surname Yi
  2. yi4 - benefit/profit/advantage/beneficial/to increase/to add/all the more

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 益 (yi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公益 
利益 

Medium Frequency

受益 
收益 
收益率 
效益 
日益 
有益 
权益 (權益)
无益 (無益)
益 
益友 
益智 
益处 (益處)
益阳 (益陽)
精益求精 

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益 also appears in:
溢隘谥缢镒蠲嗌鎰齸賹鷁謚螠

壮

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Meta:

  1. 壮 is the 1430th most frequent character.
  2. 壮 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 壮 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 壮 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壮 => 丬, 士
Radical :
壮 => 丬 (split wood), 士 (scholar)
Graphical :
壮 => 一, 丶, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhuang4 - Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group/Zhuang: Bouxcuengh
  2. zhuang4 - to strengthen/strong/robust

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

壮 (壯)
壮观 (壯觀)
强壮 (強壯)
理直气壮 (理直氣壯)

Medium Frequency

健壮 (健壯)
壮士 (壯士)
壮大 (壯大)
壮年 (壯年)
壮志 (壯志)
壮族 (壯族)
壮烈 (壯烈)
壮美 (壯美)
壮举 (壯舉)
壮丽 (壯麗)
悲壮 (悲壯)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊)
粗壮 (粗壯)
老当益壮 (老當益壯)
茁壮 (茁壯)
雄壮 (雄壯)

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壮 also appears in:
装荘
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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