1. 一
  2. 敗
  3. 塗
  4. 地

一

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Meta:

  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. 一 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 一 appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. 一 appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
一 => 一
Radical :
一 => 一 (one)
Graphical :
一 => 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

一 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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一 also appears in:
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敗

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Meta:

  1. 敗 is the 860th most frequent character.
  2. 敗 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 敗 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 敗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
敗 => 貝, ⺙
Radical :
敗 => 貝 (shell), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
敗 => 口, 二, 八, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bai4 - be defeated/to defeat/loss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 敗 (bai4): The component 貝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
败 (敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Medium Frequency

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
失败者 (失敗者)
惨败 (慘敗)
成败 (成敗)
挫败 (挫敗)
败坏 (敗壞)
败笔 (敗筆)
败类 (敗類)
连败 (連敗)

塗

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  1. 塗 is the 1733rd most frequent character.
  2. 塗 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 塗 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 塗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
塗 => 涂, 土
Radical :
塗 => 氵 (water), 人 (human), 干 (dry), 小 (small), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
塗 => ⺀, ㇀, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tu2 - to apply (paint etc)/to smear/to daub/to blot out/to scribble/to scrawl/(literary) mud/street
  2. Tu2 - surname Tu
  3. tu2 - variant of 途[tu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 塗 (tu2): The component 涂 is pronounced as 'tu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 塗 (tu2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)
涂 (塗)
涂抹 (塗抹)
糊涂 (糊塗)

Medium Frequency

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
涂鸦 (塗鴉)
稀里糊涂 (稀裏糊塗)
糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗)
糊里糊涂 (糊里糊塗)

地

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Meta:

  1. 地 is the 21st most frequent character.
  2. 地 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 地 appears as a character in 285 words.
  4. 地 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
地 => 土, 也
Radical :
地 => 土 (earth), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
地 => 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  2. di4 - earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 地 (de5): The component 也 is pronounced as 'ye3'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

地 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)

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地 also appears in:
逇
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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