1. 一
  2. 連
  3. 串

一

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  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.

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:
一上大子下天本开日无与长十工三正业两二或更再马五且王万干士未百亚土七卫互丽鱼画灭丝末丁乌鸟旦曰丛戈丘丙兀歹丞廿亟丕皿亘戌卅闩韭弋豕匚靣襾

連

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Meta:

  1. 連 is the 399th most frequent character.
  2. 連 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 連 appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. 連 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
連 => 辶, 車
Radical :
連 => 辶 (walk), 車 (car)
Graphical :
連 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 二, 丨, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lian2 - surname Lian
  2. lian2 - to link/to join/to connect/continuously/in succession/including/(used with 也, 都 etc) even/company (military)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

连 (連)
连续 (連續)

Medium Frequency

一连 (一連)
一连串 (一連串)
大连 (大連)
接二连三 (接二連三)
接连 (接連)
李连杰 (李連傑)
流连 (流連)
相连 (相連)
连任 (連任)
连同 (連同)
连夜 (連夜)
连天 (連天)
连带 (連帶)
连忙 (連忙)
连战 (連戰)
连接 (連接)
连败 (連敗)
连日 (連日)
连环 (連環)
连累 (連累)
连绵 (連綿)
连线 (連線)
连续剧 (連續劇)
连衣裙 (連衣裙)
连载 (連載)
连连 (連連)
连锁 (連鎖)
连云港 (連雲港)
连体 (連體)

Appears In:

連 also appears in:
蓮轋鏈

串

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Meta:

  1. 串 is the 1829th most frequent character.
  2. 串 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 串 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 串 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
串 => 中
Radical :
串 => 串 (N/A)
Graphical :
串 => 串

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan4 - to string together/to mix up/to conspire/to rove/to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)/to move across/bunch or cluster/string (computing)/classifier for rows or strings

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 串 (chuan4): The component 串 is pronounced as 'chuan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

串 
串门 (串門)

Medium Frequency

一连串 (一連串)
串烧 (串燒)
串联 (串聯)
客串 
羊肉串 
连串 (連串)

Appears In:

串 also appears in:
患串窜蹿撺漶镩瞣
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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