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  1. 聚 is the 1304th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ear), (right hand), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju4 - to congregate/to assemble/to mass/to gather together/to amass/to polymerize

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 聚 (ju4): The component 取 is pronounced as 'qu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
聚会 (聚會)

Medium Frequency

凝聚 
汇聚 (匯聚)
团聚 (團聚)
相聚 
聚宝盆 (聚寶盆)
聚散 
聚焦 
聚集 
聚餐 
聚首 
齐聚一堂 (齊聚一堂)

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  1. 沙 is the 846th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 104 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sha1 - surname Sha
  2. sha1 - granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/CL:粒[li4]/abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
沙场 (沙場)
沙拉 
沙漠 
沙滩 (沙灘)
沙发 (沙發)
长沙 (長沙)

Medium Frequency

冰沙 
南沙 
尖沙咀 
川沙 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
沙丘 
沙僧 
沙哑 (沙啞)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)
沙尘暴 (沙塵暴)
沙子 
沙巴 
沙市 
沙律 
沙沙 
沙河 
沙洲 
沙漏 
沙湾 (沙灣)
沙特 
沙特阿拉伯 
沙田 
沙画 (沙畫)
沙皇 
沙石 
沙砾 (沙礫)
沙粒 
沙县 (沙縣)
沙锅 (沙鍋)
沙头角 (沙頭角)
沙龙 (沙龍)
泥沙 
白沙 
细沙 (細沙)
豆沙 
豆沙包 
金沙 
金沙江 
长沙市 (長沙市)
风沙 (風沙)

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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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  1. 塔 is the 1028th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (grass), (human), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ta3 - pagoda/tower/minaret/stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)/CL:座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 荅 is pronounced as 'da2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
金字塔 
铁塔 (鐵塔)

Medium Frequency

佛塔 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
古塔 
塔利班 
塔吊 
塔城 
塔尖 
塔楼 (塔樓)
塔罗 (塔羅)
大雁塔 
娜塔莉 
宝塔 (寶塔)
斜塔 
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
炮塔 
灯塔 (燈塔)
聚沙成塔 
蛋塔 
象牙塔 
贝塔 (貝塔)
雁塔 
雷峰塔 
电视塔 (電視塔)
高塔 
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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