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  1. 吃 is the 475th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi1 - to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer
  2. ji2 - stammer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (chi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 吃 (ji2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

吃完 
吃掉 
吃亏 (吃虧)
吃饭 (吃飯)
好吃 
小吃 

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Meta:

  1. 虧 is the 1736th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tiger stripes), (small bird), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kui1 - deficiency/deficit/luckily

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 虧 (kui1): The component 亏 is pronounced as 'kui1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 虧 (kui1): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吃亏 (吃虧)
幸亏 (幸虧)
 ()

Medium Frequency

多亏 (多虧)
亏待 (虧待)
亏心事 (虧心事)
亏损 (虧損)
亏本 (虧本)
亏欠 (虧欠)
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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