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  1. 诸 is the 1019th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (old), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhu1 - surname Zhu
  2. zhu1 - all/various

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 诸 (zhu1): The component 者 is pronounced as 'zhe3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

诸葛亮 (諸葛亮)

Medium Frequency

付诸 (付諸)
 ()
诸事 (諸事)
诸位 (諸位)
诸侯 (諸侯)
诸君 (諸君)
诸多 (諸多)
诸如 (諸如)
诸如此类 (諸如此類)
诸暨 (諸暨)
诸葛 (諸葛)

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  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

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  1. 此 is the 116th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. appears as a component in 21 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stop), (spoon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci3 - this/these

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如此 
 

Medium Frequency

因此 
彼此 
从此 (從此)
此刻 
此外 
此时 (此時)
特此 

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  1. 类 is the 311th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 55 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (rice), (big)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lei4 - kind/type/class/category/similar/like/to resemble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之类 (之類)
人类 (人類)
 ()
类似 (類似)
类型 (類型)

Medium Frequency

不伦不类 (不倫不類)
出类拔萃 (出類拔萃)
分类 (分類)
另类 (另類)
品类 (品類)
败类 (敗類)
归类 (歸類)
物以类聚 (物以類聚)
禽类 (禽類)
种类 (種類)
谷类 (穀類)
肉类 (肉類)
菌类 (菌類)
诸如此类 (諸如此類)
豆类 (豆類)
贝类 (貝類)
类别 (類別)
类推 (類推)
类比 (類比)
鱼类 (魚類)
鸟类 (鳥類)
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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