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  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (line)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

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Meta:

  1. 紀 is the 584th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji4 - surname Ji
  2. ji4 - discipline/age/era/period/order/record

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紀 (ji4): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

世纪 (世紀)
年纪 (年紀)
纪念 (紀念)
纪录 (紀錄)

Medium Frequency

中纪委 (中紀委)
纪元 (紀元)
纪委 (紀委)
纪实 (紀實)
纪律 (紀律)
纪念品 (紀念品)
纪念堂 (紀念堂)
纪念日 (紀念日)
纪念碑 (紀念碑)
纪念馆 (紀念館)
纪检 (紀檢)
纪录片 (紀錄片)
经纪 (經紀)
经纪人 (經紀人)
违纪 (違紀)

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  1. 委 is the 457th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei3 - surname Wei
  2. wei1 - same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved
  3. wei3 - to entrust/to cast aside/to shift (blame etc)/to accumulate/roundabout/winding/dejected/listless/committee member/council/end/actually/certainly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

委屈 

Medium Frequency

中纪委 (中紀委)
 
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
委员 (委員)
委员会 (委員會)
委婉 
委曲 
委托 (委託)
居委会 (居委會)
市委 
常委 
常委会 (常委會)
政委 
村委会 (村委會)
发改委 (發改委)
省委 
立委 
纪委 (紀委)
评委 (評委)
部委 
党委 (黨委)

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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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