1. 苦
  2. 幹

苦

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  1. 苦 is the 633rd most frequent character.
  2. 苦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 苦 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 苦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
苦 => 艹, 古
Radical :
苦 => 艹 (grass), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
苦 => 艹, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ku3 - bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

痛苦 
苦 
辛苦 

Medium Frequency

何苦 
刻苦 
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
受苦 
吃苦 
艰苦 (艱苦)
苦力 
苦命 
苦工 
苦心 
苦闷 (苦悶)
苦恼 (苦惱)
苦涩 (苦澀)
苦瓜 
苦痛 
苦笑 
苦苦 
苦难 (苦難)
诉苦 (訴苦)
辛辛苦苦 
酸甜苦辣 

幹

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  1. 幹 is the 353rd most frequent character.
  2. 幹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 幹 appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. 幹 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
幹 => 龺, No glyph available
Radical :
幹 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 人 (human), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
幹 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 人, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gan4 - tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre/to kill (slang)/to fuck (vulgar)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 幹 (gan4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 幹 (gan4): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

干 (幹)
干嘛 (幹嘛)
干什么 (幹甚麼)

Medium Frequency

干啥 (幹啥)
干吗 (幹嗎)
干掉 (幹掉)
干活 (幹活)
干练 (幹練)
干部 (幹部)
能干 (能幹)

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擀簳
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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