Meta:

  1. 陈 is the 525th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (second), (one), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chen2 - surname Chen/vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC/Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
  2. chen2 - to lay out/to exhibit/to display/to narrate/to state/to explain/to tell/old/stale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
 ()
陈奕迅 (陳奕迅)

Medium Frequency

推陈出新 (推陳出新)
陈冠希 (陳冠希)
陈凯歌 (陳凱歌)
陈列 (陳列)
陈年 (陳年)
陈水扁 (陳水扁)
陈皮 (陳皮)
陈旧 (陳舊)
陈述 (陳述)
陈醋 (陳醋)

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Meta:

  1. 凯 is the 1445th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mountain), (oneself), (table)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Kai3 - surname Kai
  2. kai3 - triumphant/victorious/chi (Greek letter Χχ)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 凯 (kai3): The component 岂 is pronounced as 'kai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

凯旋 (凱旋)

Medium Frequency

凯撒 (凱撒)
凯文 (凱文)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
凯歌 (凱歌)
凯尔特人 (凱爾特人)
凯特 (凱特)
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
凯里 (凱里)
袁世凯 (袁世凱)

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Meta:

  1. 歌 is the 1038th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge1 - song/CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]/to sing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 歌 (ge1): The component 哥 is pronounced as 'ge1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

唱歌 
 
歌曲 

Medium Frequency

情歌 
歌唱 
歌女 
歌手 
歌声 (歌聲)
歌舞 
歌词 (歌詞)
歌谣 (歌謠)
谷歌 (穀歌)
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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