Meta:

  1. 新 is the 161st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 199 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect), (ten), (small), (axe)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xin1 - abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
  2. xin1 - new/newly/meso- (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 亲 is pronounced as 'qin1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 新 (xin1): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
新年 
新浪 
更新 

Medium Frequency

全新 
刷新 
创新 (創新)
新人 
新加坡 
新娘 
新婚 
新手 
新春 
新款 
新欢 (新歡)
新浪网 (新浪網)
新版 
新生 
新疆 
新闻 (新聞)
新郎 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
新鲜 (新鮮)
最新 
清新 
迎新 
重新 

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Meta:

  1. 生 is the 34th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 346 words.
  4. appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sheng1 - to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 生 (sheng1): The component 生 is pronounced as 'sheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
 
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Medium Frequency

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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Meta:

  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (arrow)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

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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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