1. 胡
  2. 說
  3. 八
  4. 道

胡

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  1. 胡 is the 804th most frequent character.
  2. 胡 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 胡 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 胡 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胡 => 古, 月
Radical :
胡 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
胡 => 一, 丨, 口, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hu2 - surname Hu
  2. hu2 - non-Han people, esp. from central Asia/reckless/outrageous/what?/why?/to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
  3. hu2 - see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  4. hu2 - beard/mustache/whiskers

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胡 (hu2): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

二胡 
胡 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡子 (鬍子)

Medium Frequency

死胡同 
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡同 
胡扯 
胡搅 (胡攪)
胡桃 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
胡话 (胡話)
胡说 (胡說)
胡适 (胡適)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
胡闹 (胡鬧)
胡须 (鬍鬚)
黑胡椒 

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胡 also appears in:
湖糊蝴瑚葫鹕猢煳醐餬鍸

說

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  1. 說 is the 24th most frequent character.
  2. 說 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 說 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 說 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
說 => 言, 兌
Radical :
說 => 言 (speech), 八 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
說 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 八, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
  2. shuo1 - to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 說 (shui4): The component 兌 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传说 (傳說)
说 (說)

Medium Frequency

来说 (來說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
听说 (聽說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
说不定 (說不定)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说话 (說話)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)

八

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  1. 八 is the 451st most frequent character.
  2. 八 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 八 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 八 appears as a component in 547 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
八 => ㇒
Radical :
八 => 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
八 => 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba1 - eight/8

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 八 (ba1): The component 八 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

八 
十八 

Medium Frequency

七七八八 
七上八下 
三八 
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
五花八门 (五花八門)
八佰伴 
八十 
八卦 
八卦掌 
八婆 
八戒 
八方 
八月 
八角 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
王八蛋 
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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八 also appears in:
分小其只公斯真变期基交共识办具商八六较兴供效黄织举父苏职校益木演积协养湾亦松春港镇练卷暴典赛塞谷迹纷戴爆翼寒泰横洪贫圈奉秦旗梁酸恋券胁粉兼滚奏殿惧腾咬弯誉欺凌恭炼慎拳廉嫌俊讼芬俱穴陵填扮傻氛盆蛮棋翁颠歉胶盼赚凑蠢藤寡棒吩撰寨颁倦撕舆谦郊捧巷颂溢峻哄詹冀拱狡绞梭叭冥兮嘶嗡菱帜裔粪癫棱瞻拣眷趴睦奕庚檐厮扒岔琪忿隘龚瀑臀绫烘骏炽臻挛簧睿寅曝噗蛟祺滇揍嗔磺簸粱橘饺唆蜷碘竣跤豢浚汾巅逵峦赓镰骥傣瓮稷滕赡璞俸鸾蟾佼淇腆谥淞蚣飓璜咫椿銮熵瞑溟掰谡澹濮孪濂夔皎辏箕栾缜酚滦癜弈墒與凇潢绻榛榉铰狻姣麒嗪骞谲衮鹬馔兖謇稹缢誊逡說崧夤臁較蹇鬈蹼舂螟阗鲛巽镒忪枳蠲養蠊嗌縯鲮锩黢綦慊羧耒蝽廛儋玢瞋噻谵缣睃皴褰磙醭菘湓搴暝蟥茭脔選澌聬悛鬆膽貝螓蓊娈骐鹣萁棼脫衖珙溱邠佾蕻閱鎮陸坌塍雰遹蓁稜興諡蒹幞媵鐮碁糞搛鲞麄禛鰜鎰舉虡駮腠輳蜞觍葰鎭貧銳黉矞唪轵礦鮻犋躔馂趩簾賸鹟楱鼢穪稅跡鎌鯕鲯袞踡齸齻紛螣臋觿邉闀窔筊脧雟翂蓺薾踆镤簷賹頌蕂睖襆邇睠籐艐蓂諆轝骹鳒礜藝蛬螤譽賰釡餃鑛鶲盻禥胑墚韂鬑縢繌蛻襶謪褹訟藇譔黇簺詨鐄黋簯絞譫輿釟錈頒顛騫鶊臖覥鰧礮糉纗鹒腃祾簴鄺龔絭蹎鐍驈鱮穙聸肸薐鍐鷁禩稑纀薝虋謚賡閧癀鬉鸍鄍稄稘箞簨粸綗纏聡菐蠒訜讛賺贌趪蹖鄽鑴騰驇驥魵鯗鵁蚡輂鈆鈖騣黺稴輘眞砏趰禰饌籋緵謄谼螠来关并平金单半米兰弟羊兽夹兑丫酋

道

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  1. 道 is the 52nd most frequent character.
  2. 道 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 道 appears as a character in 222 words.
  4. 道 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
道 => 辶, 首
Radical :
道 => 辶 (walk), 首 (head)
Graphical :
道 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao4 - direction/way/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō)/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)
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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