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  1. 年 is the 45th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 181 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂉,
Radical :
=> 丿 (bend), (one), (ten), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nian2 - surname Nian
  2. nian2 - year/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今年 
 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 

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Meta:

  1. 三 is the 125th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. San1 - surname San
  2. san1 - three/3

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)

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Meta:

  1. 十 is the 112th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 560 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - ten/10

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三十 
 
十二 
十分 

Medium Frequency

七十 
二十 
二十多 
五十 
八十 
六十 
十一 
十七 
十三 
十九 
十二月 
十五 
十全十美 
十八 
十六 
十四 
十字 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十几 (十幾)
十月 
十万 (十萬)
十足 
四十 
年三十 

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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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