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  1. 除 is the 464th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (human), (dry), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu2 - to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

除了 
除夕 

Medium Frequency

删除 (刪除)
去除 
扫除 (掃除)
排除 
消除 
清除 
解除 
 
除去 
除外 
除非 

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  1. 去 is the 64th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qu4 - to go/to go to (a place)/to cause to go or send (sb)/to remove/to get rid of/(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth/to be apart from in space or time/(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)/(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)/(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 去 (qu4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

上去 
下去 
出去 
去年 
回去 
失去 
进去 (進去)
过去 (過去)

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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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