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  1. 耳 is the 885th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 110 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er3 - ear/handle (archaeology)/and that is all (classical Chinese)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 耳 (er3): The component 二 is pronounced as 'er4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 耳 (er3): The component 耳 is pronounced as 'er3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
耳朵 
耳机 (耳機)

Medium Frequency

刺耳 
土耳其 
木耳 
耳光 
耳垂 
耳塞 
耳洞 
耳环 (耳環)
耳目一新 
耳聋 (耳聾)
耳膜 
耳语 (耳語)
耳钉 (耳釘)
耳鸣 (耳鳴)
耳麦 (耳麥)
银耳 (銀耳)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)
黑木耳 

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  1. 目 is the 239th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. appears as a component in 232 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mu4 - eye/item/section/list/catalogue/table of contents/order (taxonomy)/goal/name/title

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 目 (mu4): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

心目 
目前 
目标 (目標)
目的 
节目 (節目)
项目 (項目)

Medium Frequency

一目了然 
不堪入目 
刮目相看 
夺目 (奪目)
拭目以待 
数目 (數目)
曲目 
栏目 (欄目)
注目 
漫无目的 (漫無目的)
 
目中无人 (目中無人)
目光 
目测 (目測)
目的地 
目眩 
目睹 
目瞪口呆 
目送 
目录 (目錄)
盲目 
眉目 
瞑目 
瞩目 (矚目)
科目 
触目惊心 (觸目驚心)
醒目 
面目 
题目 (題目)

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  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (one)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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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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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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