1. 貧
  2. 苦

貧

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  1. 貧 is the 1357th most frequent character.
  2. 貧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 貧 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 貧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
貧 => 分, 貝
Radical :
貧 => 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife), 貝 (shell)
Graphical :
貧 => 八, ㇆, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pin2 - poor/inadequate/deficient/garrulous

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

贫 (貧)
贫困 (貧困)
贫富 (貧富)
贫穷 (貧窮)
贫血 (貧血)

Medium Frequency

一贫如洗 (一貧如洗)
劫富济贫 (劫富濟貧)
扶贫 (扶貧)
脱贫 (脫貧)
贫乏 (貧乏)
贫僧 (貧僧)
贫嘴 (貧嘴)
贫寒 (貧寒)
贫民 (貧民)
贫民窟 (貧民窟)
贫瘠 (貧瘠)
贫苦 (貧苦)
贫贱 (貧賤)
贫道 (貧道)

苦

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Meta:

  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 
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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