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  1. 三 is the 125th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. San1 - surname San
  2. san1 - three/3

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)

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  1. 十 is the 112th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 560 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - ten/10

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三十 
 
十二 
十分 

Medium Frequency

七十 
二十 
二十多 
五十 
八十 
六十 
十一 
十七 
十三 
十九 
十二月 
十五 
十全十美 
十八 
十六 
十四 
十字 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十几 (十幾)
十月 
十万 (十萬)
十足 
四十 
年三十 

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  1. 六 is the 478th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (lid), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu4 - six/6

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三十六计 (三十六計)
三姑六婆 
五颜六色 (五顏六色)
六十 
六月 
十六 
星期六 
第六感 
周六 (週六)

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Meta:

  1. 计 is the 251st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 88 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji4 - surname Ji
  2. ji4 - to calculate/to compute/to count/to regard as important/to plan/ruse/meter/gauge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 计 (ji4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

估计 (估計)
倒计时 (倒計時)
心计 (心計)
统计 (統計)
 ()
计划 (計劃)
计算 (計算)
计较 (計較)
设计 (設計)
设计师 (設計師)
预计 (預計)

Medium Frequency

三十六计 (三十六計)
伙计 (伙計)
共计 (共計)
千方百计 (千方百計)
合计 (合計)
大计 (大計)
审计 (審計)
斤斤计较 (斤斤計較)
会计 (會計)
会计师 (會計師)
生计 (生計)
算计 (算計)
累计 (累計)
总计 (總計)
美人计 (美人計)
计时 (計時)
计生 (計生)
计策 (計策)
计算器 (計算器)
计算机 (計算機)
计量 (計量)
设计者 (設計者)
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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