Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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Meta:

  1. 平 is the 215th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 271 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ping2 - surname Ping
  2. ping2 - flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公平 
和平 
平凡 
平均 
平安 
平时 (平時)
平淡 
平台 (平臺)
平衡 
平静 (平靜)
水平 

Medium Frequency

不公平 
不平 
北平 
南平 
地平线 (地平線)
天平 
太平 
太平洋 
 
平价 (平價)
平原 
平和 
平地 
平坦 
平安夜 
平常 
平平 
平底 
平庸 
平复 (平復)
平息 
平方 
平方公里 
平方米 
平日 
平板 
平民 
平生 
平稳 (平穩)
平等 
平米 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
平遥 (平遙)
平面 
平头 (平頭)
心平气和 (心平氣和)
扳平 
抚平 (撫平)
生平 
邓小平 (鄧小平)
开平 (開平)

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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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