1. 輕
  2. 描
  3. 淡
  4. 寫

輕

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  1. 輕 is the 460th most frequent character.
  2. 輕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 輕 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 輕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
輕 => 車, 巠
Radical :
輕 => 車 (car), 一 (one), 巛 (river), 工 (work)
Graphical :
輕 => 二, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 巛, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qing1 - light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral/to disparage

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 輕 (qing1): The component 巠 is pronounced as 'jing1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

年轻 (年輕)
轻 (輕)
轻易 (輕易)
轻轻 (輕輕)
轻松 (輕鬆)

Medium Frequency

年轻人 (年輕人)
减轻 (減輕)
轻信 (輕信)
轻度 (輕度)
轻微 (輕微)
轻快 (輕快)
轻柔 (輕柔)
轻浮 (輕浮)
轻狂 (輕狂)
轻盈 (輕盈)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)
轻声 (輕聲)
轻蔑 (輕蔑)
轻薄 (輕薄)
轻视 (輕視)
轻轨 (輕軌)
轻灵 (輕靈)

描

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  1. 描 is the 1244th most frequent character.
  2. 描 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 描 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 描 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
描 => 扌, 苗
Radical :
描 => 扌 (hand), 艹 (grass), 田 (field)
Graphical :
描 => 亅, 二, 艹, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. miao2 - depict/to trace (a drawing)/to copy/to touch up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 描 (miao2): The component 苗 is pronounced as 'miao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

扫描 (掃描)
描绘 (描繪)
描述 

Medium Frequency

描写 (描寫)
素描 
轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫)

淡

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  1. 淡 is the 1291st most frequent character.
  2. 淡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 淡 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 淡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淡 => 氵, 炎
Radical :
淡 => 氵 (water), 炎 (N/A)
Graphical :
淡 => ⺀, ㇀, 炎

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan4 - insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淡 (dan4): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平淡 
淡定 

Medium Frequency

冷淡 
扯淡 
淡 
淡化 
淡忘 
淡淡 
淡漠 
淡然 
清淡 

寫

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  1. 寫 is the 448th most frequent character.
  2. 寫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 寫 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 寫 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
寫 => 宀, 舄
Radical :
寫 => 宀 (roof), 臼 (mortar), 勹 (wrap), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
寫 => 冖, 丶, 臼, ㇆, ㇒, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xie3 - to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 寫 (xie3): The component 舄 is pronounced as 'xi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

写 (寫)
书写 (書寫)

Medium Frequency

填写 (填寫)
写下 (寫下)
写作 (寫作)
写完 (寫完)
写真 (寫真)

Appears In:

寫 also appears in:
藛
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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