1. 争
  2. 分
  3. 夺
  4. 秒

争

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  1. 争 is the 344th most frequent character.
  2. 争 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 争 appears as a character in 53 words.
  4. 争 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
争 => ⺈, No glyph available
Radical :
争 => ⺈ (knife), ⺕ (pig snout), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
争 => ⺈, 匚, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - to strive for/to vie for/to argue or debate/deficient or lacking (topolect)/how or what (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

战争 (戰爭)
争 (爭)
争取 (爭取)
争吵 (爭吵)
争夺 (爭奪)
争气 (爭氣)
竞争 (競爭)

Medium Frequency

不争 (不爭)
不争气 (不爭氣)
力争 (力爭)
抗争 (抗爭)
争先恐后 (爭先恐後)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争执 (爭執)
争宠 (爭寵)
争抢 (爭搶)
争相 (爭相)
争端 (爭端)
争论 (爭論)
争议 (爭議)
争辩 (爭辯)
争锋 (爭鋒)
争霸 (爭霸)
争斗 (爭鬥)
相争 (相爭)
竞争力 (競爭力)
纷争 (紛爭)
与世无争 (與世無爭)
斗争 (鬥爭)

Appears In:

争 also appears in:
静净挣睁铮筝狰诤峥碀

分

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  1. 分 is the 79th most frequent character.
  2. 分 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 分 appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. 分 appears as a component in 31 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
分 => 八, 刀
Radical :
分 => 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
分 => 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen1 - to divide/to separate/to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/part or subdivision/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute/a point (in sports or games)/0.01 yuan (unit of money)
  2. fen4 - part/share/ingredient/component

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分 
分享 
分钟 (分鐘)
部分 

Medium Frequency

分子 (份子)
充分 
分别 (分別)
分手 
分担 (分擔)
分数 (分數)
分明 
分析 
分泌 
分为 (分為)
分裂 
分解 
分配 
分开 (分開)
分离 (分離)
分类 (分類)
十分 
大部分 (大部份)
得分 
成分 
时分 (時分)
水分 
积分 (積分)
缘分 (緣分)
万分 (萬分)
过分 (過分)

Appears In:

分 also appears in:
纷贫粉芬扮氛盆盼吩颁岔忿汾酚玢棼邠坌雰麄貧鼢紛翂頒訜魵蚡鈖黺砏

夺

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  1. 夺 is the 1197th most frequent character.
  2. 夺 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 夺 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 夺 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
夺 => 大, 寸
Radical :
夺 => 大 (big), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
夺 => 人, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duo2 - to seize/to take away forcibly/to wrest control of/to compete or strive for/to force one's way through/to leave out/to lose

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 夺 (duo2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 夺 (duo2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

争夺 (爭奪)

Medium Frequency

剥夺 (剝奪)
夺 (奪)
夺冠 (奪冠)
夺取 (奪取)
夺得 (奪得)
夺目 (奪目)
夺走 (奪走)
掠夺 (掠奪)
抢夺 (搶奪)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争夺战 (爭奪戰)

秒

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  1. 秒 is the 2024th most frequent character.
  2. 秒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 秒 appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. 秒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
秒 => 禾, 少
Radical :
秒 => 禾 (grain), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
秒 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. miao3 - second (of time)/unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 秒 (miao3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

秒 

Medium Frequency

秒杀 (秒殺)
秒钟 (秒鐘)
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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