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  1. 势 is the 506th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (dot), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - power/influence/potential/momentum/tendency/trend/situation/conditions/outward appearance/sign/gesture/male genitals

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 执 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

优势 (優勢)
 ()
势力 (勢力)
姿势 (姿勢)
强势 (強勢)
形势 (形勢)
气势 (氣勢)
走势 (走勢)
趋势 (趨勢)
运势 (運勢)

Medium Frequency

作势 (作勢)
伤势 (傷勢)
劣势 (劣勢)
势利 (勢利)
势利眼 (勢利眼)
势必 (勢必)
势头 (勢頭)
地势 (地勢)
局势 (局勢)
弱势 (弱勢)
得势 (得勢)
恶势力 (惡勢力)
态势 (態勢)
手势 (手勢)
攻势 (攻勢)
架势 (架勢)
权势 (權勢)
火势 (火勢)
声势 (聲勢)
蓄势待发 (蓄勢待發)
阵势 (陣勢)
顺势 (順勢)

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Meta:

  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 破 is the 604th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 88 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stone), (skin)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, , 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. po4 - broken/damaged/worn out/to break, split or cleave/to get rid of/to destroy/to break with/to defeat/to capture (a city etc)/to expose the truth of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 破 (po4): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
破坏 (破壞)
突破 

Medium Frequency

划破 
打破 
拿破仑 (拿破侖)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
爆破 
看破 
破例 
破口大骂 (破口大罵)
破天荒 
破戒 
破晓 (破曉)
破案 
破洞 
破灭 (破滅)
破烂 (破爛)
破产 (破產)
破相 
破碎 
破绽 (破綻)
破旧 (破舊)
破裂 
破解 
破财 (破財)
破费 (破費)
破釜沉舟 
破门 (破門)
冲破 (衝破)
识破 (識破)
头破血流 (頭破血流)

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Meta:

  1. 竹 is the 1586th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 237 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (bamboo)
Graphical :
=> 𠂉, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu2 - bamboo/CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 竹 (zhu2): The component 竹 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

爆竹 

Medium Frequency

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
胸有成竹 
腐竹 
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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