1. 言
  2. 簡
  3. 意
  4. 賅

言

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  1. 言 is the 355th most frequent character.
  2. 言 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 言 appears as a character in 138 words.
  4. 言 appears as a component in 386 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
言 => 亠, No glyph available
Radical :
言 => 言 (speech)
Graphical :
言 => 一, 丶, 二, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - words/speech/to say/to talk
  2. yan2 - "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)/see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 言 (yan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

留言 
箴言 
言 
语言 (語言)
谎言 (謊言)

Medium Frequency

一言不发 (一言不發)
一言九鼎 
不言而喻 
代言 
代言人 
传言 (傳言)
前言 
千言万语 (千言萬語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
名言 
失言 
宣言 
寓言 
寡言 
怨言 
慎言 
文言文 
方言 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
格言 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
无言 (無言)
无言以对 (無言以對)
甜言 
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
直言 
真言 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
总而言之 (總而言之)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
言行 
言语 (言語)
言论 (言論)
言辞 (言辭)
誓言 
诺言 (諾言)
谣言 (謠言)
遗言 (遺言)
预言 (預言)
食言 

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言 also appears in:
信言警誉誓譬詹瞻檐赡蟾這澹燮詈唁變謇誊說論證鞫診調訇認儋谵請謝訾狺話誤計語謂膽議護讀訓識讓設試躞記許討詳該辯諡諸讉談譞誌謴霅謹訉詞詾評訢蔎詢課訊諹誖訄訙誘謿託瞓訚譢訒講讝訂謺訴讕讚謦詣詩諥讞詼諝譟詥詝謱誥詧讏簷訪藷蠻訌訛詿諄譜詤譓訕訝詠誳諆鍧訃訋詫詬詮詻誠謬譃譄譯譽謏韂詯誴諓謧謪譁訟詟詵譔訆訏訽詨譻訅詭讈誕誡訑訣詰詸誰諏諛諮諱謥謨譫鑾詒誇謟讙訐訔詖詗詪諈諑讌聸誾譅譌譸讜羉薝詅詇詐誻諧謚靄詛誽諂謡罰訜訡訮証詷詺諉諒諘諦諺謀謠謩謸謽讍讛訹諠蠩註詄譗説詀訞謄说话论认计许设记该让识议证调请谈语讲诉试谁读评讨误谢诗谓词诺谋诸训访诚订译课罚讯辩诊详储狱询诱讼谨诞谅谊谭讶谎谱讽谦谬谍诈谐谜谴诵谕诡谣诏诧诫诀讳讥谏诬诅谟谤诛谛谒诘蔼诣诲诽谚谑讪诠诃讹浒诩讷谩谀谙诰诙谆谥谧谌谄谡诿霭谔诒谝谗诤诋诳谘讫诜谖诮诨讣谶讴诌谲诟诓诖诹诂谪谠谯讦讧诔讵诎诶雠谰谇诼谂槠谳谮谞谫诪谉诐讬讱诇

簡

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Meta:

  1. 簡 is the 715th most frequent character.
  2. 簡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 簡 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 簡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
簡 => ⺮, 間
Radical :
簡 => ⺮ (bamboo), 門 (gate), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
簡 => ⺮, 門, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - simple/uncomplicated/letter/to choose/to select/bamboo strips used for writing (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 簡 (jian3): The component 間 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 簡 (jian3): The component 間 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

简单 (簡單)
简直 (簡直)

Medium Frequency

简 (簡)
简介 (簡介)
简易 (簡易)
简历 (簡歷)
简洁 (簡潔)
简短 (簡短)
简称 (簡稱)
简约 (簡約)
简陋 (簡陋)

意

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Meta:

  1. 意 is the 104th most frequent character.
  2. 意 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 意 appears as a character in 195 words.
  4. 意 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
意 => 音, 心
Radical :
意 => 音 (sound), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
意 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi4 - Italy/Italian/abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]
  2. yi4 - idea/meaning/thought/to think/wish/desire/intention/to expect/to anticipate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 意 (yi4): The component 音 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

任意 
创意 (創意)
在意 
好意思 
如意 
意外 
意思 
意义 (意義)
意见 (意見)
惬意 (愜意)
注意 
满意 (滿意)
万事如意 (萬事如意)
愿意 (願意)

Medium Frequency

一心一意 
不经意 (不經意)
中意 
主意 
人意 
介意 
假意 
全心全意 
出乎意料 
出人意料 
刻意 
同意 
善意 
大意 
天意 
失意 
好意 
寓意 
得意 
心意 
心满意足 (心滿意足)
情意 
恶意 (惡意)
意 
意味 
意境 
意大利 
意志 
意想不到 
意料 
意气相投 (意氣相投)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
意识 (意識)
意愿 (意願)
爱意 (愛意)
故意 
新意 
有意 
有意思 
乐意 (樂意)
没意思 (沒意思)
注意力 
潜意识 (潛意識)
无意 (無意)
特意 
玩意 
玩意儿 (玩意兒)
生意 
留意 
真意 
睡意 
称心如意 (稱心如意)
肆意 
诗意 (詩意)
诚意 (誠意)
随意 (隨意)
顺意 (順意)

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意 also appears in:
臆噫薏癔镱鐿

賅

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  1. 賅 is the 5348th most frequent character.
  2. 賅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 賅 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 賅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
賅 => 貝, 亥
Radical :
賅 => 貝 (shell), 亠 (lid), 丨 (line), ㇙ (N/A), 人 (human)
Graphical :
賅 => 口, 二, 八, 一, 丶, 丨, ㇙, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gai1 - surname Gai
  2. gai1 - complete/full

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 賅 (gai1): The component 亥 is pronounced as 'hai4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 賅 (gai1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

言简意赅 (言簡意賅)

Medium Frequency

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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