1. 藕
  2. 断
  3. 丝
  4. 连

藕

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  1. 藕 is the 3911th most frequent character.
  2. 藕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 藕 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 藕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
藕 => 艹, 耦
Radical :
藕 => 艹 (grass), 耒 (plow), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 禸 (track)
Graphical :
藕 => 艹, 一, 二, 丨, 八, 冂, 二, 丨, ㇛, 丶, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ou3 - root of lotus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 藕 (ou3): The component 耦 is pronounced as 'ou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 藕 (ou3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

莲藕 (蓮藕)

Medium Frequency

藕 
藕断丝连 (藕斷絲連)

断

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  1. 断 is the 434th most frequent character.
  2. 断 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 断 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 断 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
断 => No glyph available, 斤
Radical :
断 => ㇗ (N/A), 米 (rice), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
断 => ㇗, 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan4 - to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely,decidedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不断 (不斷)
断 (斷)
果断 (果斷)

Medium Frequency

中断 (中斷)
切断 (切斷)
判断 (判斷)
判断力 (判斷力)
剪断 (剪斷)
垄断 (壟斷)
打断 (打斷)
折断 (折斷)
挂断 (掛斷)
推断 (推斷)
断奶 (斷奶)
断定 (斷定)
断断续续 (斷斷續續)
断桥 (斷橋)
断气 (斷氣)
断章取义 (斷章取義)
断绝 (斷絕)
断线 (斷線)
断肠 (斷腸)
断裂 (斷裂)
断送 (斷送)
断电 (斷電)
武断 (武斷)
决断 (決斷)
源源不断 (源源不斷)
片断 (片斷)
诊断 (診斷)
间断 (間斷)
隔断 (隔斷)

丝

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  1. 丝 is the 1024th most frequent character.
  2. 丝 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 丝 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 丝 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
丝 => No glyph available, 一
Radical :
丝 => No glyph available, 一 (one)
Graphical :
丝 => ㇛, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - silk/thread/trace/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 丝 (si1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

粉丝 (粉絲)
丝 (絲)

Medium Frequency

爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
拔丝 (拔絲)
真丝 (真絲)
丝巾 (絲巾)
丝带 (絲帶)
丝毫 (絲毫)
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
丝绸 (絲綢)
丝袜 (絲襪)
肉丝 (肉絲)
蕾丝 (蕾絲)
螺丝 (螺絲)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
钢丝 (鋼絲)
青丝 (青絲)

Appears In:

丝 also appears in:
咝鸶

连

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  1. 连 is the 399th most frequent character.
  2. 连 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 连 appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. 连 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
连 => 辶, 车
Radical :
连 => 辶 (walk), 车 (car)
Graphical :
连 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 乚, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lian2 - surname Lian
  2. lian2 - to link/to join/to connect/continuously/in succession/including/(used with 也, 都 etc) even/company (military)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

连 (連)
连续 (連續)

Medium Frequency

一连 (一連)
一连串 (一連串)
大连 (大連)
接二连三 (接二連三)
接连 (接連)
李连杰 (李連傑)
流连 (流連)
相连 (相連)
连任 (連任)
连同 (連同)
连夜 (連夜)
连天 (連天)
连带 (連帶)
连忙 (連忙)
连战 (連戰)
连接 (連接)
连败 (連敗)
连日 (連日)
连环 (連環)
连累 (連累)
连绵 (連綿)
连线 (連線)
连续剧 (連續劇)
连衣裙 (連衣裙)
连载 (連載)
连连 (連連)
连锁 (連鎖)
连云港 (連雲港)
连体 (連體)

Appears In:

连 also appears in:
莲链琏涟鲢裢
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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