Meta:

  1. 贪 is the 1871st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (dot), (N/A), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan1 - to have a voracious desire for/to covet/greedy/corrupt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
贪婪 (貪婪)
贪官 (貪官)
贪心 (貪心)

Medium Frequency

贪吃 (貪吃)
贪图 (貪圖)
贪欲 (貪慾)
贪恋 (貪戀)
贪杯 (貪杯)
贪污 (貪污)
贪玩 (貪玩)
贪腐 (貪腐)
贪财 (貪財)
起早贪黑 (起早貪黑)

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Meta:

  1. 吃 is the 475th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi1 - to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer
  2. ji2 - stammer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

吃完 
吃掉 
吃亏 (吃虧)
吃饭 (吃飯)
好吃 
小吃 
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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