1. 不
  2. 拘
  3. 一
  4. 格

不

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

拘

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Meta:

  1. 拘 is the 2094th most frequent character.
  2. 拘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拘 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 拘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
拘 => 扌, 句
Radical :
拘 => 扌 (hand), 勹 (wrap), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
拘 => 亅, 二, ㇆, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju1 - to capture/to restrain/to constrain/to adhere rigidly to/inflexible

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 拘 (ju1): The component 句 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

拘留 
无拘无束 (無拘無束)

Medium Frequency

不拘 
不拘一格 
不拘小节 (不拘小節)
拘役 
拘捕 
拘束 
拘泥 
拘留所 
拘禁 
拘谨 (拘謹)

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.

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)

Appears In:

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

格

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Meta:

  1. 格 is the 325th most frequent character.
  2. 格 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 格 appears as a character in 127 words.
  4. 格 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
格 => 木, 各
Radical :
格 => 木 (tree), 夂 (go), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
格 => 一, 丨, 八, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge2 - square/frame/rule/(legal) case/style/character/standard/pattern/(classical) to obstruct/to hinder/(classical) to arrive/to come/(classical) to investigate/to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 格 (ge2): The component 各 is pronounced as 'ge4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Medium Frequency

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
格 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)
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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