Meta:

  1. 驚 is the 658th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 74 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (wrap), (mouth), (knock), (horse)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing1 - to start/to be frightened/to be scared/alarm

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 驚 (jing1): The component 敬 is pronounced as 'jing4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

惊喜 (驚喜)
惊心 (驚心)
惊醒 (驚醒)
惊魂 (驚魂)

Medium Frequency

一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人)
受宠若惊 (受寵若驚)
吃惊 (吃驚)
大惊 (大驚)
震惊 (震驚)
 ()
惊人 (驚人)
惊呆 (驚呆)
惊呼 (驚呼)
惊叹 (驚嘆)
惊吓 (驚嚇)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)
惊奇 (驚奇)
惊心动魄 (驚心動魄)
惊恐 (驚恐)
惊悚 (驚悚)
惊慌 (驚慌)
惊现 (驚現)
惊艳 (驚艷)
惊觉 (驚覺)
惊讶 (驚訝)
惊险 (驚險)

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Meta:

  1. 嘆 is the 1297th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (mouth), 廿 (two hands/twenty), (mouth), (line), (human), (two)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan4 - to sigh/to gasp/to exclaim
  2. tan4 - variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
叹息 (嘆息)
感叹 (感嘆)

Medium Frequency

哀叹 (哀嘆)
唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣)
叹气 (嘆氣)
感叹号 (感嘆號)
慨叹 (慨嘆)
赞叹 (贊嘆)
长叹 (長嘆)
惊叹 (驚嘆)
惊叹号 (驚嘆號)
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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