1. 不
  2. 治
  3. 之
  4. 症

不

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  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)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

治

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  1. 治 is the 274th most frequent character.
  2. 治 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 治 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 治 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
治 => 氵, 台
Radical :
治 => 氵 (water), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
治 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - to rule/to govern/to manage/to control/to harness (a river)/cure/treatment/to heal

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 治 (zhi4): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

政治 
治 
治疗 (治療)
治愈 (治癒)
防治 

Medium Frequency

三明治 
不治 
不治之症 
人治 
同治 
乔治 (喬治)
专治 (專治)
惩治 (懲治)
政治学 (政治學)
政治家 
政治局 
救治 
整治 
明治 
根治 
没治 (沒治)
治国 (治國)
治好 
治安 
治本 
治理 
治病 
法治 
统治 (統治)
统治者 (統治者)
自治 
自治区 (自治區)
自治州 
自治县 (自治縣)
诊治 (診治)
医治 (醫治)
长治 (長治)

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治 also appears in:
菭

之

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  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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之 also appears in:
乏芝

症

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Meta:

  1. 症 is the 1256th most frequent character.
  2. 症 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 症 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 症 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
症 => 疒, 正
Radical :
症 => 疒 (sickness), 一 (one), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
症 => 一, 丶, 厂, 丶, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng4 - disease/illness
  2. zheng1 - abdominal tumor
  3. zheng4 - variant of 症[zheng4]/disease/illness

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  7. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

强迫症 (強迫症)
后遗症 (後遺症)
恐惧症 (恐懼症)
症状 (症狀)
癌症 
综合症 (綜合症)

Medium Frequency

不孕症 
并发症 (併發症)
健忘症 
多动症 (多動症)
夜盲症 
失忆症 (失憶症)
孤独症 (孤獨症)
对症 (對症)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
尿毒症 
忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
抑郁症 (抑鬱症)
炎症 
焦虑症 (焦慮症)
疑难杂症 (疑難雜症)
病症 
症 
症候群 
痴呆症 
症结 (癥結)
绝症 (絕症)
肥胖症 
自闭症 (自閉症)
重症 
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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