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  1. 招 is the 939th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (knife), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhao1 - to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 招 (zhao1): The component 召 is pronounced as 'zhao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 招 (zhao1): The component 刀 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
招呼 
招聘 
招财 (招財)

Medium Frequency

打招呼 
招人 
招来 (招來)
招兵买马 (招兵買馬)
招募 
招商 
招展 
招式 
招待 
招惹 
招手 
招摇 (招搖)
招数 (招數)
招架 
招标 (招標)
招牌 
招生 
招聘会 (招聘會)
支招 
绝招 (絕招)
高招 

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Meta:

  1. 贤 is the 1940th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (line), (line), (right hand), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian2 - worthy or virtuous person/honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
贤内助 (賢內助)
贤惠 (賢惠)

Medium Frequency

奉贤 (奉賢)
奉贤区 (奉賢區)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
圣贤 (聖賢)
见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
贤人 (賢人)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
贤淑 (賢淑)
贤良 (賢良)
进贤 (進賢)
集贤 (集賢)

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  1. 纳 is the 683rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 92 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (human), (upside down box)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Na4 - surname Na
  2. na4 - to receive/to accept/to enjoy/to bring into/to pay (tax etc)/nano- (one billionth)/to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 纳 (na4): The component 内 is pronounced as 'nei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

容纳 (容納)
接纳 (接納)
收纳 (收納)
 ()
纳入 (納入)
纳闷 (納悶)
纳税人 (納稅人)
纳豆 (納豆)
维也纳 (維也納)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)

Medium Frequency

交纳 (交納)
出纳 (出納)
加纳 (加納)
吐故纳新 (吐故納新)
吸纳 (吸納)
乔纳森 (喬納森)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
戛纳 (戛納)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
采纳 (採納)
摩纳哥 (摩納哥)
格拉纳达 (格拉納達)
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
归纳 (歸納)
笑纳 (笑納)
纳什 (納什)
纳尼亚 (納尼亞)
纳闷儿 (納悶兒)
纳斯达克 (納斯達克)
纳木错 (納木錯)
纳福 (納福)
纳税 (納稅)
纳米 (納米)
纳粹 (納粹)
纳西 (納西)
纳西族 (納西族)
维纳斯 (維納斯)
维罗纳 (維羅納)
缴纳 (繳納)
罗纳尔多 (羅納爾多)
肖伯纳 (肖伯納)
莱昂纳多 (萊昂納多)
萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
藏污纳垢 (藏污納垢)
马拉多纳 (馬拉多納)

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Meta:

  1. 士 is the 372nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. appears as a component in 137 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi4 - surname Shi
  2. shi4 - member of the senior ministerial class (old)/scholar (old)/bachelor/honorific/first class military rank/specialist worker

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人士 
博士 
士兵 
女士 
战士 (戰士)
瑞士 
男士 
的士 
绅士 (紳士)
护士 (護士)

Medium Frequency

侠士 (俠士)
力士 
勇士 
博士后 (博士後)
哈士奇 
 
士气 (士氣)
壮士 (壯士)
大力士 
威士忌 
富士 
富士山 
富士康 
巴士 
巴士站 
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
武士 
波士顿 (波士頓)
烈士 
爵士 
硕士 (碩士)
芝士 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
卫士 (衛士)
贴士 (貼士)
迪士尼 
道士 
院士 
隐士 (隱士)
雅士 
骑士 (騎士)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)
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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