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  1. 湖 is the 916th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (ten), (mouth), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hu2 - lake/CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 湖 (hu2): The component 胡 is pronounced as 'hu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 湖 (hu2): The component 胡 is pronounced as 'hu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

江湖 
 
湖南 

Medium Frequency

五湖四海 
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南湖 
天鹅湖 (天鵝湖)
太湖 
平湖 
东湖 (東湖)
淡水湖 
湖北 
湖北省 
湖南省 
湖州 
湖泊 
湖滨 (湖濱)
湖边 (湖邊)
泸沽湖 (瀘沽湖)
罗湖 (羅湖)
罗湖区 (羅湖區)
芜湖 (蕪湖)
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
龙湖 (龍湖)

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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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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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