1. 刘
  2. 禹
  3. 锡

刘

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  1. 刘 is the 750th most frequent character.
  2. 刘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 刘 appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. 刘 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
刘 => 文, 刂
Radical :
刘 => 文 (script/literature), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
刘 => 一, 丶, 乂, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Liu2 - surname Liu

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

刘 (劉)
刘备 (劉備)
刘海 (劉海)

Medium Frequency

刘德华 (劉德華)
刘翔 (劉翔)
刘表 (劉表)
刘邦 (劉邦)
刘青云 (劉青雲)

Appears In:

刘 also appears in:
浏

禹

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  1. 禹 is the 2883rd most frequent character.
  2. 禹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 禹 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 禹 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
禹 => 䖝, 冂
Radical :
禹 => ㇒ (N/A), 虫 (insect), 冂 (upside down box)
Graphical :
禹 => ㇒, 口, 丨, 𠂉, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yu3 - Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods/surname Yu

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大禹 

Medium Frequency

刘禹锡 (劉禹錫)
禹城 
禹州 

Appears In:

禹 also appears in:
属龋踽蝺齲

锡

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  1. 锡 is the 2054th most frequent character.
  2. 锡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锡 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 锡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锡 => 钅, 易
Radical :
锡 => 钅 (metal/gold), 日 (sun/day), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
锡 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 口, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - tin (chemistry)/to bestow/to confer/to grant/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锡 (xi1): The component 易 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 锡 (xi1): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

无锡 (無錫)
锡 (錫)

Medium Frequency

刘禹锡 (劉禹錫)
无锡市 (無錫市)
锡山 (錫山)
锡林浩特 (錫林浩特)
锡兰 (錫蘭)
麦肯锡 (麥肯錫)
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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