Meta:

  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (big)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

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Meta:

  1. 命 is the 258th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (one), (mouth), (seal)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming4 - life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.