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  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (one)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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Meta:

  1. 潭 is the 2744th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (water), 西 (west), (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - deep pool/pond/pit (topolect)/depression

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

湘潭 
龙潭 (龍潭)

Medium Frequency

一潭死水 
平潭 
平潭县 (平潭縣)
日月潭 
水潭 
泥潭 
深潭 
 
潭柘寺 
潭水 
鹰潭 (鷹潭)

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Meta:

  1. 死 is the 317th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (death/decay), (spoon)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si3 - to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 死 (si3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

冻死 (凍死)
半死 
去死 
堵死 
害死 
弄死 
打死 
掐死 
撞死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死去活来 (死去活來)
死因 
死心 
死心塌地 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死神 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
气死 (氣死)
生死 
要死 
起死回生 
逼死 
饿死 (餓死)

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Meta:

  1. 水 is the 202nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 429 words.
  4. appears as a component in 516 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (water)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shui3 - surname Shui
  2. shui3 - water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 水 (shui3): The component 水 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
水平 
水果 
水瓶座 

Medium Frequency

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
下水 
下水道 
冰水 
冷水 
出水 
口水 
墨水 
奶水 
山水 
心如止水 
拖泥带水 (拖泥帶水)
放水 
柠檬水 (檸檬水)
水下 
水仙 
水仙花 
水分 
水利 
水印 
水土 
水土不服 
水城 
水墨 
水壶 (水壺)
水库 (水庫)
水彩 
水手 
水族馆 (水族館)
水星 
水晶 
水晶球 
水桶 
水母 
水池 
水泡 
水泥 
水泄不通 (水洩不通)
水流 
水深 
水源 
水准 (水準)
水沟 (水溝)
水温 (水溫)
水滴 
水浒 (水滸)
水浒传 (水滸傳)
水珠 
水疗 (水療)
水管 
水系 
水肿 (水腫)
水花 
水蜜桃 
水货 (水貨)
水质 (水質)
水军 (水軍)
水边 (水邊)
水里 
水量 
水电 (水電)
水灵 (水靈)
水面 
水饺 (水餃)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
汗水 
江水 
污水 
汽水 
河水 
沸水 
泉水 
泡水 
洗发水 (洗髮水)
洪水 
流水 
海水 
凉水 (涼水)
泪水 (淚水)
淡水 
净水器 (淨水器)
清水 
溺水 
滴水 
漏水 
潜水 (潛水)
潜水艇 (潛水艇)
潮水 
浇水 (澆水)
灌水 
热水 (熱水)
热水器 (熱水器)
热水澡 (熱水澡)
热水袋 (熱水袋)
烧水 (燒水)
白水 
白开水 (白開水)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
矿泉水 (礦泉水)
秋水 
糖水 
细水长流 (細水長流)
绿水 (綠水)
缩水 (縮水)
背水一战 (背水一戰)
脱水 (脫水)
胶水 (膠水)
自来水 (自來水)
苦水 
万水千山 (萬水千山)
落水 
薪水 
药水 (藥水)
血水 
跳水 
车水马龙 (車水馬龍)
进水 (進水)
酒水 
开水 (開水)
防水 
降水 
雨水 
顺水 (順水)
风水 (風水)
饮水 (飲水)
饮水机 (飲水機)
香水 
卤水 (鹵水)
盐水 (鹽水)
丽水 (麗水)
鼻水 

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also appears in:
尿沿湿鸿簿涿髿绿絿祿
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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