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  1. 史 is the 456th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (line), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi3 - surname Shi
  2. shi3 - history/annals/title of an official historian in ancient China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 史 (shi3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 史 (shi3): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
史上 
历史 (歷史)

Medium Frequency

史册 (史冊)
史前 
史密斯 
史料 
史无前例 (史無前例)
史记 (史記)
史诗 (史詩)
文学史 (文學史)
有史以来 (有史以來)
历史性 (歷史性)
病史 
简史 (簡史)
罗曼史 (羅曼史)
近代史 
野史 

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Meta:

  1. 诗 is the 904th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (earth), (thumb)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 𠂇, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi1 - poem/CL:首[shou3]/poetry/verse/abbr. for Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 诗 (shi1): The component 寺 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

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Medium Frequency

古诗 (古詩)
史诗 (史詩)
情诗 (情詩)
诗人 (詩人)
诗句 (詩句)
诗情画意 (詩情畫意)
诗意 (詩意)
诗歌 (詩歌)
诗篇 (詩篇)
诗经 (詩經)
诗集 (詩集)
韵诗 (韻詩)
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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