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  1. 宁 is the 1017th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 154 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (one), (hook)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ning2 - abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]/abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]/surname Ning
  2. ning2 - peaceful/rather
  3. ning4 - rather/to prefer
  4. ning2 - peaceful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 宁 (ning2): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 宁 (ning4): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

列宁 (列寧)
南宁 (南寧)
安宁 (安寧)
 ()
宁可 (寧可)
宁波 (寧波)
宁静 (寧靜)
宁愿 (寧願)
辽宁 (遼寧)

Medium Frequency

南宁市 (南寧市)
咸宁 (咸寧)
大宁 (大寧)
宁夏 (寧夏)
宁德 (寧德)
宁死不屈 (寧死不屈)
宁波市 (寧波市)
宁海 (寧海)
宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
宁肯 (寧肯)
宁乡 (寧鄉)
宁静致远 (寧靜致遠)
广宁 (廣寧)
心神不宁 (心神不寧)
息事宁人 (息事寧人)
普宁 (普寧)
普宁市 (普寧市)
李宁 (李寧)
武宁 (武寧)
江宁 (江寧)
江宁区 (江寧區)
海宁 (海寧)
沪宁 (滬寧)
济宁 (濟寧)
兴宁 (興寧)
万宁 (萬寧)
西宁 (西寧)
贝宁 (貝寧)
遂宁 (遂寧)
辽宁省 (遼寧省)
长宁 (長寧)
长宁区 (長寧區)

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  1. 缺 is the 873rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (jar), No glyph available, (line), (human)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. que1 - deficiency/lack/scarce/vacant post/to run short of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
缺乏 
缺少 
缺点 (缺點)

Medium Frequency

不可或缺 
欠缺 
残缺 (殘缺)
缺口 
缺失 
缺席 
缺德 
缺憾 
缺氧 
缺陷 

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Meta:

  1. 毋 is the 2870th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, 𠂇
Radical :
=> (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wu2 - surname Wu
  2. wu2 - no/don't

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 毋 (wu2): The component 毋 is pronounced as 'wu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
 

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Meta:

  1. 滥 is the 2277th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (line), (line), 丿 (bend), (one), (dot), (dish)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan4 - overflowing/excessive/indiscriminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泛滥 (泛濫)
 ()

Medium Frequency

宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
滥交 (濫交)
滥用 (濫用)
滥竽 (濫竽)
狂轰滥炸 (狂轟濫炸)
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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