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  1. 鵝 is the 2167th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (spear), (bird)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. e2 - goose/CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

企鹅 (企鵝)
天鹅 (天鵝)
 ()

Medium Frequency

天鹅湖 (天鵝湖)
鹅卵石 (鵝卵石)
鹅毛 (鵝毛)
鹅毛大雪 (鵝毛大雪)
鹅肝 (鵝肝)

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  1. 毛 is the 623rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (fur/hair)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mao2 - surname Mao
  2. mao2 - hair/feather/down/wool/mildew/mold/coarse or semifinished/young/raw/careless/unthinking/nervous/scared/(of currency) to devalue or depreciate/classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = 1/10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 毛 (mao2): The component 毛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
毛衣 
羊毛 

Medium Frequency

吹毛求疵 
毛主席 
毛孔 
毛巾 
毛毛 
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
毛毛雨 
毛毯 
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
毛病 
毛皮 
毛笔 (毛筆)
毛线 (毛線)
毛茸茸 
毛豆 
毛驴 (毛驢)
皮毛 
眉毛 
睫毛 
睫毛膏 
羽毛 
羽毛球 
鸡毛 (雞毛)
鹅毛 (鵝毛)
鹅毛大雪 (鵝毛大雪)

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  1. 大 is the 17th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 622 words.
  4. appears as a component in 374 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (big)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. da4 - big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest
  2. dai4 - see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 大 (da4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 大 (da4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 大 (dai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 大 (dai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
大吉 
大家 
大奖 (大獎)
大话骰 (大話骰)

Medium Frequency

一大早 
亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
人大 
伟大 (偉大)
加大 
加拿大 
北大 
博大 
哈哈大笑 
大不了 
大亨 
大人 
大伙 
大伯 
大佬 
大便 
大侠 (大俠)
大内 (大內)
大全 
大刀 
大力 
大半 
大叔 
大口 
大吃大喝 
大吉大利 
大同 
大哥 
大哥大 
大哭 
大唐 
大喜 
大地 
大型 
大堂 
大多 
大多数 (大多數)
大大 
大大小小 
大夫 
大姐 
大姨 
大姨妈 (大姨媽)
大娘 
大妈 (大媽)
大学 (大學)
大学生 (大學生)
大寒 
大宝 (大寶)
大小 
大山 
大巴 
大师 (大師)
大幅 
大厦 (大廈)
大厅 (大廳)
大怒 
大意 
大战 (大戰)
大户 (大戶)
大拇指 
大方 
大于 (大於)
大会 (大會)
大业 (大業)
大概 
大楼 (大樓)
大桥 (大橋)
大气 (大氣)
大洋 
大海 
大清早 
大润发 (大潤發)
大火 
大爷 (大爺)
大片 
大牌 
大王 
大理 
大众 (大眾)
大炮 (大砲)
大笑 
大米 
大约 (大約)
大红 (大紅)
大纲 (大綱)
大声 (大聲)
大腕 
大脑 (大腦)
大腿 
大胆 (大膽)
大自然 
大蒜 
大号 (大號)
大街 
大衣 
大规模 (大規模)
大豆 
大象 
大军 (大軍)
大连 (大連)
大运 (大運)
大道 
大选 (大選)
大部分 (大部份)
大都 
大量 
大门 (大門)
大陆 (大陸)
大队 (大隊)
大雨 
大雪 
大雾 (大霧)
大风 (大風)
大餐 
大驾 (大駕)
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
大龄 (大齡)
巨大 
师大 (師大)
广大 (廣大)
强大 (強大)
恍然大悟 
意大利 
扩大 (擴大)
放大 
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
火大 
百慕大 
盛大 
绝大多数 (絕大多數)
老大 
自大 
重大 
长大 (長大)
高大 
庞大 (龐大)

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  1. 雪 is the 1001st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (rain), (pig snout)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xue3 - surname Xue
  2. xue3 - snow/snowfall/CL:場|场[chang2]/to have the appearance of snow/to wipe away, off or out/to clean

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下雪 
 
雪花 

Medium Frequency

冰雪 
大雪 
小雪 
滑雪 
瑞雪 
白雪 
积雪 (積雪)
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雪人 
雪碧 
雪糕 
雪豹 
风花雪月 (風花雪月)

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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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