1. 匪
  2. 夷
  3. 所
  4. 思

匪

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Meta:

  1. 匪 is the 2196th most frequent character.
  2. 匪 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 匪 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 匪 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
匪 => 匚, 非
Radical :
匪 => 匚 (box), 非 (wrong)
Graphical :
匪 => 一, ㇗, 非

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fei3 - bandit

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 匪 (fei3): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 匪 (fei3): The component 匚 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剿匪 

Medium Frequency

劫匪 
土匪 

Appears In:

匪 also appears in:
榧篚

夷

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Meta:

  1. 夷 is the 2332nd most frequent character.
  2. 夷 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 夷 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 夷 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
夷 => 大, 弓
Radical :
夷 => 大 (big), 弓 (bow)
Graphical :
夷 => 人, 一, 匚, ㇉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi2 - non-Han people, esp. to the East of China/barbarians/to wipe out/to exterminate/to tear down/to raze

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

夏威夷 

Medium Frequency

匪夷所思 
夷 
武夷山 
鄙夷 

Appears In:

夷 also appears in:
姨咦胰痍荑鴺羠

所

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Meta:

  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. 所 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 所 appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. 所 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
所 => 戶, 斤
Radical :
所 => 戶 (door/house), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
所 => 丿, ㇒, 匚, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

所 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

思

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Meta:

  1. 思 is the 298th most frequent character.
  2. 思 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 思 appears as a character in 92 words.
  4. 思 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
思 => 田, 心
Radical :
思 => 田 (field), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
思 => 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - to think/to consider

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

好意思 
思念 
思想 
思考 
意思 

Medium Frequency

不可思议 (不可思議)
反思 
心思 
思 
思索 
思维 (思維)
思绪 (思緒)
思议 (思議)
思路 
思量 
有意思 
沉思 
没意思 (沒意思)
深思 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
雅思 
马克思 (馬克思)

Appears In:

思 also appears in:
惫腮崽鳃锶勰缌葸飔緦禗
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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