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  1. 身 is the 164th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𨈑, 丿
Radical :
=> (body)
Graphical :
=> 𠂎, , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen1 - body/life/oneself/personally/one's morality and conduct/the main part of a structure or body/pregnant/classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset/Kangxi radical 158

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 身 (shen1): The component 身 is pronounced as 'shen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单身 (單身)
 
身份 
身价 (身價)
身边 (身邊)
身体 (身體)

Medium Frequency

上身 
人身 
修身 
健身 
健身房 
全身 
出身 
化身 
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
感同身受 
替身 
本身 
浑身 (渾身)
满身 (滿身)
现身 (現身)
瘦身 
纹身 (紋身)
终身 (終身)
置身 
翻身 
自身 
亲身 (親身)
起身 
身上 
身不由己 
身亡 
身份证 (身份證)
身子 
身影 
身后 (身後)
身心 
身材 
身为 (身為)
身处 (身處)
身躯 (身軀)
身高 
转身 (轉身)
随身 (隨身)
隐身 (隱身)

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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Meta:

  1. 由 is the 136th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (two), (line), (container)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you2 - to follow/from/it is for...to/reason/cause/because of/due to/to/to leave it (to sb)/by (introduces passive verb)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

理由 
 
自由 

Medium Frequency

由于 (由於)
由衷 
路由器 
身不由己 

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Meta:

  1. 己 is the 162nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. appears as a component in 85 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji3 - self/oneself/sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/sixth in order/letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/hexa

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 己 (ji3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

自己 

Medium Frequency

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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