1. 臥
  2. 倒

臥

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Meta:

  1. 臥 is the 1941st most frequent character.
  2. 臥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 臥 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 臥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
臥 => 臣, 人
Radical :
臥 => 臣 (minister/official), 人 (human)
Graphical :
臥 => 一, ㇗, 丨, 匚, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wo4 - to lie/to crouch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卧室 (臥室)
卧底 (臥底)
卧虎 (臥虎)

Medium Frequency

仰卧 (仰臥)
俯卧撑 (俯臥撐)
侧卧 (側臥)
硬卧 (硬臥)
卧倒 (臥倒)
卧床 (臥床)
卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)
卧铺 (臥鋪)
卧龙 (臥龍)
软卧 (軟臥)

倒

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Meta:

  1. 倒 is the 608th most frequent character.
  2. 倒 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 倒 appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. 倒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
倒 => 亻, 到
Radical :
倒 => 亻 (human), 至 (arrive), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
倒 => ㇒, 丨, 一, ㇛, 丶, 一, 丨, 一, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - to fall/to collapse/to topple/to fail/to go bankrupt/to change (trains or buses)/to move around/to sell/to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗|捣)/profiteer
  2. dao4 - to place upside down/to invert/to pour/to throw out/to move backwards/however/actually/as a matter of fact/contrary to expectation

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 倒 (dao3): The component 到 is pronounced as 'dao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 倒 (dao3): The component 刂 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 倒 (dao4): The component 到 is pronounced as 'dao4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 倒 (dao4): The component 刂 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

倒 
倒霉 

Medium Frequency

倒下 
倒影 
倒数 (倒數)
倒流 
倒计时 (倒計時)
倒贴 (倒貼)
倒车 (倒車)
倒退 
倒闭 (倒閉)
倒腾 (倒騰)
倾倒 (傾倒)
反倒 
打倒 
拉倒 
推倒 
摔倒 
撞倒 
击倒 (擊倒)
晕倒 (暈倒)
病倒 
绊倒 (絆倒)
翻江倒海 
翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
跌倒 
颠倒 (顛倒)
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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