1. 賢
  2. 淑

賢

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  1. 賢 is the 1940th most frequent character.
  2. 賢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 賢 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 賢 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
賢 => 臤, 貝
Radical :
賢 => 臣 (minister/official), 又 (right hand), 貝 (shell)
Graphical :
賢 => 一, ㇗, 丨, 匚, ㇇, ㇏, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian2 - worthy or virtuous person/honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

贤 (賢)
贤内助 (賢內助)
贤惠 (賢惠)

Medium Frequency

奉贤 (奉賢)
奉贤区 (奉賢區)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
圣贤 (聖賢)
见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
贤人 (賢人)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
贤淑 (賢淑)
贤良 (賢良)
进贤 (進賢)
集贤 (集賢)

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賢 also appears in:
藖

淑

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  1. 淑 is the 2637th most frequent character.
  2. 淑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 淑 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 淑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淑 => 氵, 叔
Radical :
淑 => 氵 (water), ⺊ (divination), 一 (one), 小 (small), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
淑 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 一, 一, 亅, 八, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shu1 - warm and virtuous/used in given names/Taiwan pr. [shu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淑 (shu1): The component 叔 is pronounced as 'shu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淑 (shu1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

淑女 

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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