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  1. 催 is the 2060th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (mountain), (small bird)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cui1 - to urge/to press/to prompt/to rush sb/to hasten sth/to expedite

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 催 (cui1): The component 崔 is pronounced as 'cui1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 催 (cui1): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

催促 
催化剂 (催化劑)
催泪 (催淚)
催熟 
催生 
催眠 

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  1. 眠 is the 1983rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eye), (oneself), (N/A), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian2 - sleep

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 民 is pronounced as 'min2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失眠 

Medium Frequency

入眠 
睡眠 

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Meta:

  1. 曲 is the 1064th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (two), (container)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qu1 - surname Qu
  2. qu1 - bent/crooked/wrong
  3. qu3 - tune/song/CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu1): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu3): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单曲 (單曲)
 
歌曲 

Medium Frequency

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)

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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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