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  1. 零 is the 1340th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (rain), (human), (dot), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ling2 - zero/nought/zero sign/fractional/fragmentary/odd (of numbers)/(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)/fraction/(in mathematics) remainder (after division)/extra/to wither and fall/to wither

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
零下 
零食 

Medium Frequency

凋零 
孤零零 
涕零 
零件 
零售 
零售店 
零度 
零星 
零时 (零時)
零点 (零點)
飘零 (飄零)

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  1. 售 is the 1112th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small bird), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou4 - to sell/to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 售 (shou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
售价 (售價)
销售 (銷售)

Medium Frequency

出售 
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
发售 (發售)
销售额 (銷售額)
零售 
零售店 
预售 (預售)

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  1. 店 is the 1039th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广,
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (divination), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dian4 - inn/shop/store/CL:家[jia1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

咖啡店 
商店 
夜店 
店铺 (店鋪)
书店 (書店)
药店 (藥店)
酒店 
饭店 (飯店)

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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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