Group 夬 (guài)

henning

July 13, 2008, 06:15 PM posted in General Discussion

Motivated by Lesson: B0791

Valentine's Day Taken from character: 快

Taken from word: 情人节快乐 (happy Valentin's day)

 

快

Pron: kuài

Main radical: 忄

Frequency: 366

Meaning: fast, quick, swift

Examples: 快递 (express delivery), 快活 (happy), 快乐 (happy, merry), 快捷 (computer shortcut), 快速 (high speed), 赶快 (at once, immediately), 尽快 (as quickly as possible), 加快 (to speed up), 凉快 (nice and cold, pleasantly cool), 轻快 (light and quick, agile), 愉快 (cheerful, happy, delighted), 痛快 (jolly)

 

 

夬

Pron: guài

Main radical: 大

Frequency: rare

Meaning: deceive, one of the 8 diagrams, parted, fork, certain, old for: divide, seperate

 

 

决 ( 決 )

Pron: jué

Main radical: 冫

Frequency: 273

Meaning: to decide, to determine, breach (a dyke), execute a person

Examples: 决定 (to decide, to determine, to resolve), 取决 (to depend upon), 未决定 (pending), 判决 (court judgement), 决心 (determination, resolution), 决赛 (finals), 决不 (not at all) , 决心 (determination, resolution, determined, firm and resolute, to make up one's mind)

 

 

块 ( 塊 )

Pron: kuāi, kuài

Main radical: 土

Frequency: 793

Meaning: piece, chunk, lump, (measure word for chunks, lumps) (kuāi), unit/coll. for yuan, fast, rapid, swift (kuài)

Examples: 一块 (a piece), 血块 (gore), 石块 (stone, rock), 石块 (block), 板块 (tectonic plate)

 

 

诀 ( 訣 )

Pron: jué

Main radical: 讠

Frequency: 2845

Meaning: secrets (of an art), to take leave of, to bid farewell

Examples: 秘诀 (trick), 诀窍 (know-how)

 

 

筷

Pron: kuài

Main radical: 竹

Frequency: 3110

Meaning: chopstick

Examples: 筷子 (chopsticks)

 

 

抉

Pron: jué

Main radical: 扌

Frequency: 3575

Meaning: dig, pick, choose, select, gouge, pluck out

Examples: 抉择 (decision, to decide)

 

 

觖

Pron: jué, guì, kuì

Main radical: 角

Frequency: 7451

Meaning: to dissatisfied, to criticize, to long for

 

 

鴃

Pron: jué

Main radical: 鳥

Frequency: 7791

Meaning: butcherbird, shrike (a sort of bird)

 

 

駃

Pron: kuài, jué

Main radical: 馬

Frequency: 8511

Meaning: gallop

 

 

玦

Pron: jué

Main radical: 王

Frequency: rare

Meaning: half-circle jade ring; broken piece of jade

 

 

鈌

Pron: jué

Main radical: 釒

Frequency: rare

Meaning: to pierce, to stab, to take

 

 

鈌

Pron: jué

Main radical: 釒

Frequency: rare

Meaning: to pierce, to stab, to take