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  1. 外 is the 131st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 190 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (evening/unset), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wai4 - outside/in addition/foreign/external

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

另外 
 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)

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Meta:

  1. 交 is the 320th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (lid), (eight/divide), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
交友 
交往 
交易 
交流 
交通 
公交 
公交车 (公交車)
成交 
社交 

Medium Frequency

上交 
不可开交 (不可開交)
交付 
交代 
交出 
交加 
交汇 (交匯)
交卷 
交叉 
交大 
交待 
交情 
交接 
交换 (交換)
交易所 
交易日 
交替 
交界 
交给 (交給)
交织 (交織)
交融 
交谈 (交談)
交警 
交配 
交锋 (交鋒)
交钱 (交錢)
交错 (交錯)
交际 (交際)
交集 
交响 (交響)
交响曲 (交響曲)
外交 
外交部 
心力交瘁 
打交道 
提交 
百感交集 
相交 
立交桥 (立交橋)
结交 (結交)
绝交 (絕交)
至交 

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Meta:

  1. 部 is the 84th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect), (mouth), (town)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 部 (bu4): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

全部 
 
部分 

Medium Frequency

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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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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