1. 司
  2. 令
  3. 部

司

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Meta:

  1. 司 is the 278th most frequent character.
  2. 司 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 司 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 司 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
司 => ㇆, 𠮛
Radical :
司 => ㇆ (N/A), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
司 => ㇆, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Si1 - surname Si
  2. si1 - to take charge of/to manage/department (under a ministry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 司 (si1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公司 
司机 (司機)

Medium Frequency

上司 
分公司 
司 
司令 
司法 
吐司 
寿司 (壽司)
子公司 
官司 
盎司 
阿司匹林 

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司 also appears in:
词饲嗣伺祠笥詞覗飼

令

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Meta:

  1. 令 is the 378th most frequent character.
  2. 令 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 令 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 令 appears as a component in 35 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
令 => 亽, 龴
Radical :
令 => 人 (human), 丶 (dot), 龴 (N/A)
Graphical :
令 => 人, 丶, 龴

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ling2 - see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
  2. ling2 - see 脊令[ji2 ling2]/see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
  3. ling3 - classifier for a ream of paper
  4. ling4 - to order/to command/an order/warrant/writ/to cause/to make sth happen/virtuous/honorific title/season/government position (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

令 
号令 (號令)

Medium Frequency

下令 
司令 
司令部 
命令 
指令 
发号施令 (發號施令)
绕口令 (繞口令)

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令 also appears in:
领冷零龄怜邻玲铃岭伶拎翎聆羚苓蛉呤囹泠瓴鸰領袊齡舲笭跉矝柃齢鈴秢詅魿鴒

部

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Meta:

  1. 部 is the 84th most frequent character.
  2. 部 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 部 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 部 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
部 => 咅, 阝
Radical :
部 => 立 (stand erect), 口 (mouth), 阝 (town)
Graphical :
部 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 丨, ㇌

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 部 (bu4): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

全部 
部 
部分 

Medium Frequency

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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部 also appears in:
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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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