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  1. 釋 is the 811th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (distinguish/choose), (net), (earth), (eight/divide), (dry)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - to explain/to release

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 釋 (shi4): The component 睪 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

解释 (解釋)
释放 (釋放)

Medium Frequency

稀释 (稀釋)
诠释 (詮釋)
释怀 (釋懷)
释手 (釋手)
释然 (釋然)
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)

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  1. 迦 is the 2517th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (power/force), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia1 - (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 迦 (jia1): The component 加 is pronounced as 'jia1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

释迦 (釋迦)
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)

Medium Frequency

南迦巴瓦峰 
萨迦 (薩迦)
迦南 
释迦牟尼佛 (釋迦牟尼佛)

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  1. 牟 is the 2848th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (private), (cow)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mou2 - surname Mou
  2. Mu4 - see 牟平[Mu4 ping2]
  3. mou2 - barley/to moo/to seek or obtain/old variant of 侔[mou2]/old variant of 眸[mou2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)

Medium Frequency

中牟县 (中牟縣)
牟利 
释迦牟尼佛 (釋迦牟尼佛)

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Meta:

  1. 尼 is the 653rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 113 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ni2 - Buddhist nun/(often used in phonetic spellings)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尼 (ni2): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 尼 (ni2): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

威尼斯 
 
尼玛 (尼瑪)

Medium Frequency

丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
亚美尼亚 (亞美尼亞)
印尼 
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
吉尼斯 
安东尼 (安東尼)
尼古丁 
尼姑 
尼康 
尼采 (尼採)
尼斯 
尼日利亚 (尼日利亞)
尼桑 
尼泊尔 (尼泊爾)
尼龙 (尼龍)
悉尼 
慕尼黑 
比基尼 
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)
突尼斯 
索尼 
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
肯尼亚 (肯尼亞)
肯尼迪 
兰博基尼 (蘭博基尼)
迪士尼 
迪斯尼 
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)
马尼拉 (馬尼拉)

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  1. 佛 is the 770th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fo2 - Buddha/Buddhism
  2. fu2 - seemingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 佛 (fu2): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仿佛 (仿彿)
 
佛山 
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)

Medium Frequency

佛像 
佛光 
佛塔 
佛学 (佛學)
佛山市 
佛性 
佛教 
佛法 
佛爷 (佛爺)
佛祖 
佛经 (佛經)
佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
佛语 (佛語)
佛跳墙 (佛跳牆)
佛陀 
信佛 
哈佛 
念佛 
抱佛脚 (抱佛腳)
拜佛 
活佛 
老佛爷 (老佛爺)
雪佛兰 (雪佛蘭)
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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