1. 初
  2. 出
  3. 茅
  4. 廬

初

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  1. 初 is the 666th most frequent character.
  2. 初 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 初 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 初 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
初 => 衤, 刀
Radical :
初 => 衤 (clothes), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
初 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 冫, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu1 - at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初 
初一 

Medium Frequency

初三 
初中 
初二 
初恋 (初戀)
初步 
初级 (初級)
年初 
最初 
当初 (當初)

出

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  1. 出 is the 28th most frequent character.
  2. 出 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 出 appears as a character in 312 words.
  4. 出 appears as a component in 22 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
出 => 山
Radical :
出 => 出 (N/A)
Graphical :
出 => 出

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu1 - to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to happen/classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 出 (chu1): The component 出 is pronounced as 'chu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

付出 
出 
出来 (出來)
出去 
出现 (出現)
出发 (出發)
出门 (出門)

Medium Frequency

伸出 
作出 
做出 
出世 
出乎 
出乎意料 
出事 
出人意料 
出入 
出动 (出動)
出口 
出名 
出品 
出售 
出国 (出國)
出场 (出場)
出奇 
出嫁 
出局 
出差 
出师 (出師)
出席 
出息 
出手 
出于 (出於)
出汗 
出没 (出沒)
出海 
出炉 (出爐)
出版 
出生 
出众 (出眾)
出租 
出租车 (出租車)
出声 (出聲)
出自 
出台 (出臺)
出色 
出处 (出處)
出血 
出行 
出卖 (出賣)
出路 
出身 
出轨 (出軌)
出游 (出遊)
出道 
出错 (出錯)
出院 
出面 
出头 (出頭)
取出 
外出 
得出 
复出 (復出)
想出 
找出 
拍出 
拿出 
指出 
掏出 
排出 
推出 
提出 
播出 
支出 
放出 
日出 
派出所 
流出 
演出 
发出 (發出)
看出 
突出 
冲出 (衝出)
认出 (認出)
说出 (說出)
卖出 (賣出)
走出 
超出 
跳出 
退出 
选出 (選出)
迈出 (邁出)
长出 (長出)
露出 

Appears In:

出 also appears in:
出础屈掘拙窟崛咄祟倔黜茁绌堀诎粜窋誳袦笜韷饳

茅

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  1. 茅 is the 2334th most frequent character.
  2. 茅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 茅 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 茅 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
茅 => 艹, 矛
Radical :
茅 => 艹 (grass), 矛 (spear)
Graphical :
茅 => 艹, 龴, ㇖, 亅, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mao2 - surname Mao
  2. mao2 - reeds/rushes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 矛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
茅台 (茅臺)

Medium Frequency

三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
名列前茅 
思茅 
茅塞顿开 (茅塞頓開)
茅屋 
茅房 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
香茅 

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茅 also appears in:
鶜

廬

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  1. 廬 is the 2921st most frequent character.
  2. 廬 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 廬 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 廬 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
廬 => 广, 盧
Radical :
廬 => 广 (house on cliff), 虍 (tiger stripes), 田 (field), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
廬 => 厂, 丶, 丨, 一, 冖, 乚, 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu2 - hut

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 廬 (lu2): The component 盧 is pronounced as 'lu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 廬 (lu2): The component 虍 is pronounced as 'hu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
庐山 (廬山)

Medium Frequency

三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
庐江 (廬江)
桐庐 (桐廬)
茅庐 (茅廬)
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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