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  1. 肃 is the 1516th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (brush), No glyph available, (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Su4 - surname Su
  2. su4 - respectful/solemn/to eliminate/to clean up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

严肃 (嚴肅)
甘肃 (甘肅)

Medium Frequency

甘肃省 (甘肅省)
肃然起敬 (肅然起敬)
肃穆 (肅穆)
肃静 (肅靜)

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Meta:

  1. 然 is the 55th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (dog), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

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  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (run), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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Meta:

  1. 敬 is the 1207th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (wrap), (mouth), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing4 - to respect/to venerate/to salute/to offer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尊敬 
 
敬请 (敬請)
敬酒 
致敬 

Medium Frequency

可敬 
孝敬 
恭敬 
敬上 
敬仰 
敬佩 
敬意 
敬爱 (敬愛)
敬业 (敬業)
敬畏 
敬礼 (敬禮)
敬重 

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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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