1. 九
  2. 霄
  3. 云
  4. 外

九

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  1. 九 is the 445th most frequent character.
  2. 九 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 九 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 九 appears as a component in 20 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
九 => 丿, ㇈
Radical :
九 => 丿 (bend), ㇈ (N/A)
Graphical :
九 => 丿, ㇈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu3 - nine/9

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

九 
马英九 (馬英九)

Medium Frequency

一言九鼎 
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九月 
九江 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
十九 

Appears In:

九 also appears in:
究杂仇轨丸旭鸠馗旯旮宄艽尻犰訄軌訅肍骩鳩

霄

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Meta:

  1. 霄 is the 3123rd most frequent character.
  2. 霄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 霄 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 霄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
霄 => 雨, 肖
Radical :
霄 => 雨 (rain), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
霄 => 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - firmament/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 霄 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云霄 (雲霄)

Medium Frequency

云霄飞车 (雲霄飛車)
霄 
霄汉 (霄漢)

云

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  1. 云 is the 691st most frequent character.
  2. 云 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 云 appears as a character in 96 words.
  4. 云 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
云 => 二, 厶
Radical :
云 => 二 (two), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
云 => 二, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yun2 - (classical) to say
  2. Yun2 - surname Yun/abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
  3. yun2 - cloud/CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

云 
多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Medium Frequency

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
刘青云 (劉青雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
连云港 (連雲港)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)

Appears In:

云 also appears in:
会动运层魂尝坛芸酝耘纭昙雲転眃

外

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  1. 外 is the 131st most frequent character.
  2. 外 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 外 appears as a character in 190 words.
  4. 外 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
外 => 夕, 卜
Radical :
外 => 夕 (evening/unset), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
外 => 夕, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wai4 - outside/in addition/foreign/external

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

另外 
外 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)

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外 also appears in:
迯
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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