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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. 夜 is the 664th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (lid), (human), (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye4 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
夜间 (夜間)

Medium Frequency

今夜 
午夜 
半夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜店 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
黑夜 

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Meta:

  1. 飯 is the 933rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (line), (pig snout), (second), (dot), (dot), (cliff), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fan4 - food/cuisine/cooked rice/meal/CL:碗[wan3],頓|顿[dun4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 飯 (fan4): The component 反 is pronounced as 'fan3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吃饭 (吃飯)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
晚饭 (晚飯)
 ()

Medium Frequency

中饭 (中飯)
做饭 (做飯)
午饭 (午飯)
早饭 (早飯)
炒饭 (炒飯)
盒饭 (盒飯)
稀饭 (稀飯)
米饭 (米飯)
开饭 (開飯)
饭堂 (飯堂)
饭局 (飯局)
饭店 (飯店)
饭桌 (飯桌)
饭菜 (飯菜)
饭馆 (飯館)
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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