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  1. 井 is the 1429th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (two)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jing3 - Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Jing
  2. jing3 - a well/CL:口[kou3]/neat/orderly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
王府井 

Medium Frequency

井井有条 (井井有條)
井口 
井喷 (井噴)
井冈山 (井岡山)
井底之蛙 
井然 
井然有序 
坐井观天 (坐井觀天)
天井 
市井 
水井 
深井 
背井离乡 (背井離鄉)
落井下石 
龙井 (龍井)
龙井茶 (龍井茶)

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  1. 然 is the 55th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (dog), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

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  1. 有 is the 8th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 238 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂇,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (moon)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you3 - to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 有 (you3): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
没有 (沒有)

Medium Frequency

具有 
只有 
含有 
唯有 
所有 
拥有 (擁有)
有些 
有意思 
有所 
有效 
有时 (有時)
有时候 (有時候)
有的 
有空 
有趣 
有钱 (有錢)
有关 (有關)
有限 
有点 (有點)
还有 (還有)

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  1. 序 is the 834th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广,
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (N/A), (N/A), (hook)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu4 - order/sequence/preface

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 序 (xu4): The component 予 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 序 (xu4): The component 予 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

秩序 
程序 
程序员 (程序員)
顺序 (順序)

Medium Frequency

工序 
 
序幕 
序曲 
循序渐进 (循序漸進)
排序 
有序 
次序 
无序 (無序)
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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