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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. 续 is the 552nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 32 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (ten), (N/A), (big), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu4 - to continue/to replenish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

继续 (繼續)
连续 (連續)

Medium Frequency

延续 (延續)
持续 (持續)
 ()
续集 (續集)
连续剧 (連續劇)
陆续 (陸續)

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Meta:

  1. 费 is the 486th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bow), No glyph available, (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei4 - surname Fei
  2. fei4 - to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 费 (fei4): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 费 (fei4): The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

免费 (免費)
浪费 (浪費)
消费 (消費)
话费 (話費)

Medium Frequency

付费 (付費)
公费 (公費)
学费 (學費)
小费 (小費)
手续费 (手續費)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
枉费 (枉費)
欠费 (欠費)
消费者 (消費者)
生活费 (生活費)
白费 (白費)
破费 (破費)
经费 (經費)
缴费 (繳費)
耗费 (耗費)
花费 (花費)
 ()
费事 (費事)
费力 (費力)
费劲 (費勁)
费城 (費城)
费德勒 (費德勒)
费心 (費心)
费用 (費用)
费解 (費解)
路费 (路費)
车费 (車費)
运费 (運費)
邮费 (郵費)

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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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