1. 半
  2. 條
  3. 命

半

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  1. 半 is the 513th most frequent character.
  2. 半 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 半 appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. 半 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
半 => No glyph available, 丷
Radical :
半 => 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
半 => 二, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ban4 - half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 半 (ban4): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一半 
半 
半夜 

Medium Frequency

三更半夜 
上半年 
下半年 
半价 (半價)
半场 (半場)
半天 
半岛 (半島)
半死 
半决赛 (半決賽)
半生 
半路 
半辈子 (半輩子)
半点 (半點)
多半 
夜半 
大半 
过半 (過半)

Appears In:

半 also appears in:
判伴叛胖畔衅绊拌袢泮眫跘絆

條

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  1. 條 is the 214th most frequent character.
  2. 條 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 條 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 條 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
條 => No glyph available, 条
Radical :
條 => 亻 (human), 丨 (line), 夂 (go), 十 (ten), 小 (small)
Graphical :
條 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 一, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tiao2 - strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 條 (tiao2): The component 条 is pronounced as 'tiao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 條 (tiao2): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

条 (條)
条件 (條件)

Medium Frequency

信条 (信條)
半条命 (半條命)
字条 (字條)
教条 (教條)
条例 (條例)
条款 (條款)
条理 (條理)
条码 (條碼)
条约 (條約)
条纹 (條紋)
油条 (油條)
发条 (發條)
粉条 (粉條)
纸条 (紙條)
线条 (線條)
苗条 (苗條)
萧条 (蕭條)
薯条 (薯條)
链条 (鏈條)
长条 (長條)
头条 (頭條)
面条 (麵條)

Appears In:

條 also appears in:
篠鰷蓧縧

命

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  1. 命 is the 258th most frequent character.
  2. 命 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 命 appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. 命 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
命 => 亼, 叩
Radical :
命 => 人 (human), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 卩 (seal)
Graphical :
命 => 人, 一, 口, 丨, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming4 - life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

命 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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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