Meta:

  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (line)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

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Meta:

  1. 科 is the 277th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (dipper)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke1 - branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes etc)/to fine sb/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 科 (ke1): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

百科 
 
科学 (科學)
科学家 (科學家)
科技 

Medium Frequency

中科院 
儿科 (兒科)
内科 (內科)
外科 
妇产科 (婦產科)
妇科 (婦科)
学科 (學科)
专科 (專科)
小儿科 (小兒科)
工科 
思科 
教科书 (教科書)
文科 
本科 
本科生 
理工科 
理科 
产科 (產科)
百度百科 
百科全书 (百科全書)
皮肤科 (皮膚科)
眼科 
社科院 
科威特 
科学院 (科學院)
科室 
科幻 
科恩 
科教 
科普 
科目 
科研 
科罗拉多 (科羅拉多)
科考 
科长 (科長)
科隆 
维基百科 (維基百科)
莫斯科 
萨科齐 (薩科齊)
猫科 (貓科)
医科 (醫科)
预科 (預科)
骨科 
高科技 

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Meta:

  1. 院 is the 338th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (roof), (two), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan4 - courtyard/institution/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

学院 (學院)
影院 
法院 
医院 (醫院)
电影院 (電影院)

Medium Frequency

中科院 
住院 
入院 
出院 
副院长 (副院長)
剧院 (劇院)
博物院 
商学院 (商學院)
四合院 
国务院 (國務院)
大院 
妓院 
孤儿院 (孤兒院)
寺院 
庭院 
后院 (後院)
戏院 (戲院)
敬老院 
书院 (書院)
检察院 (檢察院)
歌剧院 (歌劇院)
病院 
研究院 
福利院 
科学院 (科學院)
美容院 
医学院 (醫學院)
 
院士 
院子 
院校 
院长 (院長)
养老院 (養老院)
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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