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  1. 賢 is the 1940th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (minister/official), (right hand), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian2 - worthy or virtuous person/honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
贤内助 (賢內助)
贤惠 (賢惠)

Medium Frequency

奉贤 (奉賢)
奉贤区 (奉賢區)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
圣贤 (聖賢)
见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
贤人 (賢人)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
贤淑 (賢淑)
贤良 (賢良)
进贤 (進賢)
集贤 (集賢)

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  1. 妻 is the 1074th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (ten), (brush), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi1 - wife
  2. qi4 - to marry off (a daughter)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妻 (qi1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 妻 (qi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

夫妻 
妻子 

Medium Frequency

前妻 
 

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  1. 良 is the 833rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stopping), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liang2 - good/very/very much

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不良 
善良 
良好 
良心 

Medium Frequency

优良 (優良)
奥尔良 (奧爾良)
改良 
消化不良 
 
良久 
良友 
良多 
良性 
良方 
良机 (良機)
良田 
良知 
良药 (良藥)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
马良 (馬良)

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  1. 母 is the 565th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mu3 - female/mother

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 母 (mu3): The component 母 is pronounced as 'mu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

母亲 (母親)
父母 

Medium Frequency

丈母娘 
伯母 
字母 
岳母 
 
母乳 
母女 
母子 
母爱 (母愛)
母校 
母亲节 (母親節)
母鸡 (母雞)
水母 
父母亲 (父母親)
祖母 
圣母 (聖母)
舅母 
航母 
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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