1. 越
  2. 俎
  3. 代
  4. 庖

越

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  1. 越 is the 440th most frequent character.
  2. 越 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 越 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 越 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
越 => 走, 戉
Radical :
越 => 走 (run), 匚 (box), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
越 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 一, ㇗, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yue4 - generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods/abbr. for Vietnam 越南
  2. yue4 - to exceed/to climb over/to surpass/the more... the more

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 越 (yue4): The component 戉 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

越 
越来越 (越來越)

Medium Frequency

卓越 
穿越 
超越 
越南 
越狱 (越獄)
越发 (越發)
跨越 

Appears In:

越 also appears in:
樾

俎

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  1. 俎 is the 4881st most frequent character.
  2. 俎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 俎 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 俎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
俎 => 仌, 且
Radical :
俎 => 仌 (N/A), 月 (moon), 一 (one)
Graphical :
俎 => 仌, 冂, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zu3 - a stand for food at sacrifice

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

刀俎 
越俎代庖 

代

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  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. 代 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 代 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 代 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
代 => 亻, 弋
Radical :
代 => 亻 (human), 弋 (arrow)
Graphical :
代 => ㇒, 丨, 弋

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

代 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

Appears In:

代 also appears in:
袋贷黛岱玳貸鮘

庖

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Meta:

  1. 庖 is the 4138th most frequent character.
  2. 庖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 庖 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 庖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
庖 => 广, 包
Radical :
庖 => 广 (house on cliff), 勹 (wrap), 巳 (oneself)
Graphical :
庖 => 厂, 丶, ㇆, ㇒, 丨, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pao2 - kitchen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 庖 (pao2): The component 包 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

庖厨 (庖廚)
越俎代庖 
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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