1. 虎
  2. 头
  3. 蛇
  4. 尾

虎

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  1. 虎 is the 1081st most frequent character.
  2. 虎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 虎 appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. 虎 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
虎 => 虍, 几
Radical :
虎 => 虍 (tiger stripes), 几 (table)
Graphical :
虎 => 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hu3 - tiger/CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 虎 (hu3): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老虎 
卧虎 (臥虎)
虎 

Medium Frequency

壁虎 
如虎添翼 
狼吞虎咽 
猛虎 
卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)
虎口 
虎子 
虎年 
虎牙 
虎视眈眈 (虎視眈眈)
虎门 (虎門)
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
路虎 
雅虎 
马虎 (馬虎)
马马虎虎 (馬馬虎虎)
龙虎 (龍虎)

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虎 also appears in:
彪唬琥虢號虒虝

头

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  1. 头 is the 147th most frequent character.
  2. 头 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 头 appears as a character in 354 words.
  4. 头 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
头 => 大, ⺀
Radical :
头 => 大 (big), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
头 => 人, 一, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tou2 - head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or livestock/CL:個|个[ge4]
  2. tou5 - suff. for nouns

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回头 (回頭)
年头 (年頭)
抬头 (抬頭)
枕头 (枕頭)
洗头 (洗頭)
尽头 (盡頭)
石头 (石頭)
码头 (碼頭)
街头 (街頭)
镜头 (鏡頭)
头 (頭)
头像 (頭像)
头晕 (頭暈)
头疼 (頭疼)
头痛 (頭痛)
头脑 (頭腦)
头发 (頭髮)

Medium Frequency

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
上头 (上頭)
丫头 (丫頭)
乳头 (乳頭)
二锅头 (二鍋頭)
人头 (人頭)
人头马 (人頭馬)
仰头 (仰頭)
低头 (低頭)
个头 (個頭)
偏头痛 (偏頭痛)
兆头 (兆頭)
光头 (光頭)
出人头地 (出人頭地)
出头 (出頭)
到头来 (到頭來)
剃头 (剃頭)
前头 (前頭)
劲头 (勁頭)
势头 (勢頭)
包头 (包頭)
口头 (口頭)
口头禅 (口頭禪)
噱头 (噱頭)
埋头 (埋頭)
外头 (外頭)
多头 (多頭)
对头 (對頭)
山头 (山頭)
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
巨头 (巨頭)
带头 (帶頭)
平头 (平頭)
床头 (床頭)
床头柜 (床頭櫃)
后头 (後頭)
从头 (從頭)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
心头 (心頭)
念头 (念頭)
手指头 (手指頭)
手头 (手頭)
扭头 (扭頭)
抱头痛哭 (抱頭痛哭)
拳头 (拳頭)
指头 (指頭)
掉头 (掉頭)
接头 (接頭)
插头 (插頭)
摇头 (搖頭)
摄像头 (攝像頭)
日头 (日頭)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
木头 (木頭)
梳头 (梳頭)
桥头 (橋頭)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
汕头 (汕頭)
源头 (源頭)
满头大汗 (滿頭大汗)
无厘头 (無厘頭)
焦头烂额 (焦頭爛額)
烟头 (煙頭)
片头 (片頭)
狮子头 (獅子頭)
猎头 (獵頭)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
盼头 (盼頭)
眉头 (眉頭)
看头 (看頭)
碰头 (碰頭)
磕头 (磕頭)
砖头 (磚頭)
秃头 (禿頭)
空头 (空頭)
箭头 (箭頭)
罐头 (罐頭)
老头 (老頭)
老头儿 (老頭兒)
老头子 (老頭子)
临头 (臨頭)
舌头 (舌頭)
芋头 (芋頭)
蓬头垢面 (蓬頭垢面)
行头 (行頭)
里头 (裡頭)
调头 (調頭)
猪头 (豬頭)
猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹)
起头 (起頭)
跟头 (跟頭)
转头 (轉頭)
过头 (過頭)
重头戏 (重頭戲)
钟头 (鐘頭)
开头 (開頭)
关头 (關頭)
头一 (頭一)
头上 (頭上)
头儿 (頭兒)
头大 (頭大)
头昏 (頭昏)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头条 (頭條)
头版 (頭版)
头皮 (頭皮)
头盔 (頭盔)
头破血流 (頭破血流)
头等 (頭等)
头等舱 (頭等艙)
头绪 (頭緒)
头部 (頭部)
头衔 (頭銜)
头顶 (頭頂)
头头 (頭頭)
头颅 (頭顱)
头饰 (頭飾)
额头 (額頭)
风头 (風頭)
馒头 (饅頭)
骨头 (骨頭)
鱼头 (魚頭)
点头 (點頭)
龙头 (龍頭)

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头 also appears in:
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蛇

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  1. 蛇 is the 1687th most frequent character.
  2. 蛇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蛇 appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. 蛇 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蛇 => 虫, 它
Radical :
蛇 => 虫 (insect), 宀 (roof), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
蛇 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 冖, 丶, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she2 - snake/serpent/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蛇 

Medium Frequency

眼镜蛇 (眼鏡蛇)
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
蛇年 
蟒蛇 

尾

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  1. 尾 is the 1280th most frequent character.
  2. 尾 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 尾 appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. 尾 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尾 => 尸, 毛
Radical :
尾 => 尸 (corpse), 毛 (fur/hair)
Graphical :
尾 => 丨, 匚, ㇒, 二, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei3 - tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28 constellations/classifier for fish
  2. yi3 - horse's tail/pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尾 (yi3): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尾 
尾巴 
尾牙 
结尾 (結尾)

Medium Frequency

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
年尾 
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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尾 also appears in:
娓艉
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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