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  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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Meta:

  1. 指 is the 261st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (spoon), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - finger/to point at or to/to indicate or refer to/to depend on/to count on/(of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 旨 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手指 
 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Medium Frequency

中指 
大拇指 
戒指 
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 

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Meta:

  1. 頭 is the 147th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 355 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bean), (leaf)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tou2 - head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or livestock/CL:個|个[ge4]
  2. tou5 - suff. for nouns

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 頭 (tou2): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 頭 (tou5): The component 豆 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回头 (回頭)
年头 (年頭)
抬头 (抬頭)
枕头 (枕頭)
洗头 (洗頭)
尽头 (盡頭)
石头 (石頭)
码头 (碼頭)
街头 (街頭)
镜头 (鏡頭)
 ()
头像 (頭像)
头晕 (頭暈)
头疼 (頭疼)
头痛 (頭痛)
头脑 (頭腦)
头发 (頭髮)
馒头 (饅頭)

Medium Frequency

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
上头 (上頭)
丫头 (丫頭)
乳头 (乳頭)
二锅头 (二鍋頭)
人头 (人頭)
人头马 (人頭馬)
仰头 (仰頭)
低头 (低頭)
个头 (個頭)
偏头痛 (偏頭痛)
兆头 (兆頭)
光头 (光頭)
出人头地 (出人頭地)
出头 (出頭)
到头来 (到頭來)
剃头 (剃頭)
前头 (前頭)
劲头 (勁頭)
势头 (勢頭)
包头 (包頭)
口头 (口頭)
口头禅 (口頭禪)
噱头 (噱頭)
埋头 (埋頭)
外头 (外頭)
多头 (多頭)
对头 (對頭)
山头 (山頭)
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
巨头 (巨頭)
带头 (帶頭)
平头 (平頭)
床头 (床頭)
床头柜 (床頭櫃)
后头 (後頭)
从头 (從頭)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
心头 (心頭)
念头 (念頭)
手指头 (手指頭)
手头 (手頭)
扭头 (扭頭)
抱头痛哭 (抱頭痛哭)
拳头 (拳頭)
指头 (指頭)
掉头 (掉頭)
接头 (接頭)
插头 (插頭)
摇头 (搖頭)
摄像头 (攝像頭)
日头 (日頭)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
木头 (木頭)
梳头 (梳頭)
桥头 (橋頭)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
汕头 (汕頭)
源头 (源頭)
满头大汗 (滿頭大汗)
无厘头 (無厘頭)
焦头烂额 (焦頭爛額)
烟头 (煙頭)
片头 (片頭)
狮子头 (獅子頭)
猎头 (獵頭)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
盼头 (盼頭)
眉头 (眉頭)
看头 (看頭)
碰头 (碰頭)
磕头 (磕頭)
砖头 (磚頭)
秃头 (禿頭)
空头 (空頭)
箭头 (箭頭)
罐头 (罐頭)
老头 (老頭)
老头儿 (老頭兒)
老头子 (老頭子)
临头 (臨頭)
舌头 (舌頭)
芋头 (芋頭)
蓬头垢面 (蓬頭垢面)
行头 (行頭)
里头 (裡頭)
调头 (調頭)
猪头 (豬頭)
猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹)
起头 (起頭)
跟头 (跟頭)
转头 (轉頭)
过头 (過頭)
重头戏 (重頭戲)
钟头 (鐘頭)
开头 (開頭)
关头 (關頭)
头一 (頭一)
头上 (頭上)
头儿 (頭兒)
头大 (頭大)
头昏 (頭昏)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头条 (頭條)
头版 (頭版)
头皮 (頭皮)
头盔 (頭盔)
头破血流 (頭破血流)
头等 (頭等)
头等舱 (頭等艙)
头绪 (頭緒)
头部 (頭部)
头衔 (頭銜)
头顶 (頭頂)
头头 (頭頭)
头颅 (頭顱)
头饰 (頭飾)
额头 (額頭)
风头 (風頭)
骨头 (骨頭)
鱼头 (魚頭)
点头 (點頭)
龙头 (龍頭)
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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