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  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)

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also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 膠 is the 2165th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (feather), (human), (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - to glue/glue/gum/rubber

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
胶卷 (膠卷)
胶囊 (膠囊)
胶卷 (膠捲)

Medium Frequency

乳胶 (乳膠)
凝胶 (凝膠)
塑胶 (塑膠)
如胶似漆 (如膠似漆)
果胶 (果膠)
橡胶 (橡膠)
胶南 (膠南)
胶原 (膠原)
胶州 (膠州)
胶州湾 (膠州灣)
胶布 (膠布)
胶带 (膠帶)
胶水 (膠水)
胶片 (膠片)
胶质 (膠質)
阿胶 (阿膠)
发胶 (髮膠)

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Meta:

  1. 似 is the 431st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (second), (dot), (human)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si4 - to seem/to appear/to resemble/similar/-like/pseudo-/(more) than

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 似 (si4): The component 以 is pronounced as 'yi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
似乎 
貌似 

Medium Frequency

似的 
好似 
相似 
看似 
类似 (類似)

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Meta:

  1. 漆 is the 2291st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (tree), (human), (water)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi1 - paint/lacquer/CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

漆黑 

Medium Frequency

喷漆 (噴漆)
油漆 
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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