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  1. 泛 is the 1325th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (N/A), (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fan4 - to float/to be suffused with/general/extensive/non-specific/flood/pan- (prefix)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 泛 (fan4): The component 乏 is pronounced as 'fa2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

广泛 (廣泛)
泛滥 (泛濫)

Medium Frequency

 
泛泛之交 
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
泛白 
泛红 (泛紅)
泛舟 
泛酸 

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  1. 濫 is the 2277th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (minister/official), 丿 (bend), (one), (dot), (dish)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan4 - overflowing/excessive/indiscriminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泛滥 (泛濫)
 ()

Medium Frequency

宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
滥交 (濫交)
滥用 (濫用)
滥竽 (濫竽)
狂轰滥炸 (狂轟濫炸)

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  1. 成 is the 59th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 187 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (spear)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cheng2 - surname Cheng
  2. cheng2 - to succeed/to finish/to complete/to accomplish/to become/to turn into/to be all right/OK!/one tenth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

完成 
 
成功 
成就 
成为 (成為)
成长 (成長)

Medium Frequency

切成 
合成 
建成 
形成 
成交 
成人 
成全 
成分 
成名 
成员 (成員)
成年 
成日 
成本 
成果 
成熟 
成真 
成立 
成绩 (成績)
成绩单 (成績單)
成语 (成語)
成都 
成龙 (成龍)
改成 
构成 (構成)
当成 (當成)
看成 
组成 (組成)
变成 (變成)
造成 
达成 (達成)
养成 (養成)

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Meta:

  1. 災 is the 1347th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (river), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zai1 - disaster/calamity

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消灾 (消災)
火灾 (火災)
 ()
灾难 (災難)

Medium Frequency

受灾 (受災)
多灾多难 (多災多難)
天灾 (天災)
幸灾乐祸 (幸災樂禍)
成灾 (成災)
救灾 (救災)
旱灾 (旱災)
水灾 (水災)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
洪灾 (洪災)
灾区 (災區)
灾害 (災害)
灾情 (災情)
灾民 (災民)
灾祸 (災禍)
灾变 (災變)
重灾区 (重災區)
防灾 (防災)
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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