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  1. 三 is the 125th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (two)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. San1 - surname San
  2. san1 - three/3

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)

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Meta:

  1. 角 is the 735th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 32 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jue2 - surname Jue
  2. jiao3 - angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan/CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. jue2 - role (theater)/to compete/ancient three legged wine vessel/third note of pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

主角 
 
角度 
角色 
角落 

Medium Frequency

三角 
三角形 
三角洲 
八角 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
口角 
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
旺角 
死角 
海角 
墙角 (牆角)
牛角 
独角戏 (獨角戲)
眼角 
棱角 (稜角)
豆角 (荳角)
号角 (號角)
视角 (視角)
角膜 
角质 (角質)
角逐 
转角 (轉角)
配角 

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Meta:

  1. 形 is the 269th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 107 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (N/A), (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xing2 - to appear/to look/form/shape

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Medium Frequency

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)
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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