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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. 目 is the 239th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. appears as a component in 232 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eye)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mu4 - eye/item/section/list/catalogue/table of contents/order (taxonomy)/goal/name/title

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 目 (mu4): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

心目 
目前 
目标 (目標)
目的 
节目 (節目)
项目 (項目)

Medium Frequency

一目了然 
不堪入目 
刮目相看 
夺目 (奪目)
拭目以待 
数目 (數目)
曲目 
栏目 (欄目)
注目 
漫无目的 (漫無目的)
 
目中无人 (目中無人)
目光 
目测 (目測)
目的地 
目眩 
目睹 
目瞪口呆 
目送 
目录 (目錄)
盲目 
眉目 
瞑目 
瞩目 (矚目)
科目 
触目惊心 (觸目驚心)
醒目 
面目 
题目 (題目)

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Meta:

  1. 了 is the 5th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (hook)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. le5 - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action marker)
  2. liao3 - to finish/to achieve/to understand
  3. liao3 - (of eyes) bright/clear-sighted/to understand clearly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

为了 (為了)

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also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 然 is the 55th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (dog), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

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also appears in:
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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