1. 颐
  2. 指
  3. 气
  4. 使

颐

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  1. 颐 is the 2993rd most frequent character.
  2. 颐 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 颐 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 颐 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
颐 => 𦣞, 页
Radical :
颐 => 匚 (box), No glyph available, 口 (mouth), 页 (leaf)
Graphical :
颐 => 一, ㇗, 丨, 口, 一, 丿, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi2 - cheek/lower cheek/chin/jaw/to nourish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 颐 (yi2): The component 页 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

颐和园 (頤和園)

Medium Frequency

大快朵颐 (大快朵頤)
朵颐 (朵頤)
颐指气使 (頤指氣使)
颐养 (頤養)
颐养天年 (頤養天年)

指

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  1. 指 is the 261st most frequent character.
  2. 指 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 指 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 指 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
指 => 扌, 旨
Radical :
指 => 扌 (hand), 匕 (spoon), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
指 => 亅, 二, 乚, ㇒, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - finger/to point at or to/to indicate or refer to/to depend on/to count on/(of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 旨 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手指 
指 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Medium Frequency

中指 
大拇指 
戒指 
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 

气

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  1. 气 is the 217th most frequent character.
  2. 气 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 气 appears as a character in 318 words.
  4. 气 appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
气 => No glyph available, ㇠
Radical :
气 => 气 (steam/breath)
Graphical :
气 => 丿, 一, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi4 - gas/air/smell/weather/to make angry/to annoy/to get angry/vital energy/qi

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 气 (qi4): The component 气 is pronounced as 'qi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人气 (人氣)
勇气 (勇氣)
天气 (天氣)
帅气 (帥氣)
手气 (手氣)
气 (氣)
气息 (氣息)
气死 (氣死)
气氛 (氣氛)
气温 (氣溫)
气象 (氣象)
气质 (氣質)
生气 (生氣)
空气 (空氣)
节气 (節氣)
脾气 (脾氣)
运气 (運氣)
霸气 (霸氣)

Medium Frequency

一口气 (一口氣)
不争气 (不爭氣)
俗气 (俗氣)
傲气 (傲氣)
傻气 (傻氣)
元气 (元氣)
充气 (充氣)
冷气 (冷氣)
出气 (出氣)
力气 (力氣)
受气 (受氣)
口气 (口氣)
名气 (名氣)
吸气 (吸氣)
呼气 (呼氣)
和气 (和氣)
喘气 (喘氣)
喜气洋洋 (喜氣洋洋)
叹气 (嘆氣)
大气 (大氣)
天然气 (天然氣)
孩子气 (孩子氣)
客气 (客氣)
寒气 (寒氣)
小气 (小氣)
小气鬼 (小氣鬼)
尾气 (尾氣)
底气 (底氣)
心平气和 (心平氣和)
志气 (志氣)
怒气 (怒氣)
怨气 (怨氣)
意气相投 (意氣相投)
打气 (打氣)
断气 (斷氣)
晦气 (晦氣)
暖气 (暖氣)
服气 (服氣)
朝气 (朝氣)
正气 (正氣)
气人 (氣人)
气候 (氣候)
气势 (氣勢)
气味 (氣味)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
气度 (氣度)
气愤 (氣憤)
气概 (氣概)
气泡 (氣泡)
气派 (氣派)
气球 (氣球)
气色 (氣色)
气血 (氣血)
气象台 (氣象台)
气馁 (氣餒)
气体 (氣體)
气魄 (氣魄)
氧气 (氧氣)
洋气 (洋氣)
泄气 (洩氣)
消气 (消氣)
淘气 (淘氣)
湿气 (濕氣)
火气 (火氣)
煤气 (煤氣)
热气 (熱氣)
争气 (爭氣)
理直气壮 (理直氣壯)
发脾气 (發脾氣)
神气 (神氣)
福气 (福氣)
秀气 (秀氣)
稚气 (稚氣)
义气 (義氣)
血气 (血氣)
语气 (語氣)
豪气 (豪氣)
赌气 (賭氣)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)
通气 (通氣)
过气 (過氣)
电气 (電氣)
雾气 (霧氣)
灵气 (靈氣)
风气 (風氣)
香气 (香氣)
骨气 (骨氣)

Appears In:

气 also appears in:
气汽氧氛氢氯氨氮氖氟氦氲氰氤氩忾氚饩氪氘氡氙氕餼

使

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  1. 使 is the 119th most frequent character.
  2. 使 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 使 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 使 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
使 => 亻, 吏
Radical :
使 => 亻 (human), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
使 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 口, 丨, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/to send/to instruct sb to do sth/envoy/messenger

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 吏 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 使 (shi3): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使 
使用 
即使 
天使 

Medium Frequency

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
纵使 (縱使)
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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