1. 凤
  2. 毛
  3. 麟
  4. 角

凤

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  1. 凤 is the 1502nd most frequent character.
  2. 凤 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 凤 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 凤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
凤 => 几, 又
Radical :
凤 => 几 (table), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
凤 => 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Feng4 - surname Feng
  2. feng4 - phoenix

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

凤 (鳳)
凤凰 (鳳凰)

Medium Frequency

凤凰城 (鳳凰城)
凤梨 (鳳梨)
凤爪 (鳳爪)
龙飞凤舞 (龍飛鳳舞)

毛

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  1. 毛 is the 623rd most frequent character.
  2. 毛 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 毛 appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. 毛 appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
毛 => ㇒, No glyph available
Radical :
毛 => 毛 (fur/hair)
Graphical :
毛 => ㇒, 二, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mao2 - surname Mao
  2. mao2 - hair/feather/down/wool/mildew/mold/coarse or semifinished/young/raw/careless/unthinking/nervous/scared/(of currency) to devalue or depreciate/classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = 1/10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 毛 (mao2): The component 毛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

毛 
毛衣 
羊毛 

Medium Frequency

吹毛求疵 
毛主席 
毛孔 
毛巾 
毛毛 
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
毛毛雨 
毛毯 
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
毛病 
毛皮 
毛笔 (毛筆)
毛线 (毛線)
毛茸茸 
毛豆 
毛驴 (毛驢)
皮毛 
眉毛 
睫毛 
睫毛膏 
羽毛 
羽毛球 
鸡毛 (雞毛)
鹅毛 (鵝毛)
鹅毛大雪 (鵝毛大雪)

Appears In:

毛 also appears in:
毛毫笔尾耗毯髦毡娓麾耄蚝氅牦艉旄毽氇氆毵眊滗雮氍毳粍毹芼

麟

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  1. 麟 is the 2746th most frequent character.
  2. 麟 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 麟 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 麟 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
麟 => 鹿, 粦
Radical :
麟 => 鹿 (deer), 米 (rice), 舛 (opposite)
Graphical :
麟 => 厂, 丶, 覀, 比, 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 夕, 一, 丨, ㇗, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin2 - female unicorn/see 麒麟

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麟 (lin2): The component 鹿 is pronounced as 'lu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

麒麟 

Medium Frequency

谭咏麟 (譚詠麟)
凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角)

角

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  1. 角 is the 735th most frequent character.
  2. 角 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 角 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 角 appears as a component in 32 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
角 => ⺈, 用
Radical :
角 => 角 (horn)
Graphical :
角 => ⺈, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jue2 - surname Jue
  2. jiao3 - angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan/CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. jue2 - role (theater)/to compete/ancient three legged wine vessel/third note of pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

主角 
角 
角度 
角色 
角落 

Medium Frequency

三角 
三角形 
三角洲 
八角 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
口角 
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
旺角 
死角 
海角 
墙角 (牆角)
牛角 
独角戏 (獨角戲)
眼角 
棱角 (稜角)
豆角 (荳角)
号角 (號角)
视角 (視角)
角膜 
角质 (角質)
角逐 
转角 (轉角)
配角 

Appears In:

角 also appears in:
解确角嘴触懈蟹觯斛觥邂觞槲觳獬觚桷廨觫觸觔觝觱觖觜觼觿薢觽觭蠏觓
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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