1. 飢
  2. 不
  3. 擇
  4. 食

飢

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  1. 飢 is the 2168th most frequent character.
  2. 飢 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 飢 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 飢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
飢 => 飠, 几
Radical :
飢 => 人 (human), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 丶 (dot), 几 (table)
Graphical :
飢 => 人, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丶, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji1 - hungry
  2. ji1 - variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 飢 (ji1): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

饥饿 (飢餓)

Medium Frequency

充饥 (充飢)
如饥似渴 (如飢似渴)
饥不择食 (飢不擇食)
饥渴 (飢渴)

不

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

擇

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  1. 擇 is the 959th most frequent character.
  2. 擇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 擇 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 擇 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
擇 => 扌, 睪
Radical :
擇 => 扌 (hand), 罒 (net), 土 (earth), 丷 (eight/divide), 干 (dry)
Graphical :
擇 => 亅, 二, 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ze2 - to select/to choose/to pick over/to pick out/to differentiate/to eliminate/also pr. [zhai2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

选择 (選擇)

Medium Frequency

抉择 (抉擇)

Appears In:

擇 also appears in:
籜

食

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  1. 食 is the 670th most frequent character.
  2. 食 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 食 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 食 appears as a component in 61 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
食 => 亽, 艮
Radical :
食 => 食 (eat/food)
Graphical :
食 => 人, 丶, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse
  2. si4 - to feed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 食 (shi2): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 食 (si4): The component 食 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
食 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)

Appears In:

食 also appears in:
食餐饕飧飨饔餍餮餈饏飸饜飺饭馆饮饰饿饲饱饥饶饼蚀馈饷饵馒饺饬馅馋馍馁馀馐饨馕馑饽饪馄饯馏馊馔饧饫饩馓饴馃馇饾饸饹馂馉饤饳饻
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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