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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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Meta:

  1. 峡 is the 1725th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mountain), (human), (two), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xia2 - gorge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 峡 (xia2): The component 夹 is pronounced as 'jia1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 峡 (xia2): The component 夹 is pronounced as 'jia2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 峡 (xia2): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三峡 (三峽)
峡谷 (峽谷)
海峡 (海峽)

Medium Frequency

三门峡 (三門峽)
峡湾 (峽灣)
瞿塘峡 (瞿塘峽)
虎跳峡 (虎跳峽)
西峡 (西峽)
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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