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  1. 名 is the 203rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 200 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (evening/unset), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming2 - name/noun (part of speech)/place (e.g. among winners)/famous/classifier for people

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 
名字 
成名 
排名 

Medium Frequency

出名 
取名 
名人 
名利 
名叫 
名单 (名單)
名将 (名將)
名片 
名牌 
名状 (名狀)
名称 (名稱)
名义 (名義)
名言 
名词 (名詞)
命名 
报名 (報名)
姓名 
实名制 (實名制)
提名 
改名 
更名 
有名 
无名指 (無名指)
知名 
签名 (簽名)
茂名 
莫名 
莫名其妙 
著名 
点名 (點名)

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  1. 列 is the 500th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (death/decay), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lie4 - to arrange/to line up/row/file/series/column

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

列车 (列車)
系列 

Medium Frequency

一系列 
下列 
并列 (並列)
以色列 
位列 
 
列入 
列出 
列宁 (列寧)
列岛 (列島)
列为 (列為)
列举 (列舉)
列表 
列车员 (列車員)
前列 
前列腺 
名列 
排列 
行列 

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Meta:

  1. 前 is the 93rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 137 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (one), (moon), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian2 - front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

之前 
以前 
 

Medium Frequency

前世 
前来 (前來)
前夕 
前夜 
前天 
前妻 
前年 
前往 
前后 (前後)
前所未有 
前提 
前方 
前景 
前期 
前程 
前者 
前辈 (前輩)
前途 
前进 (前進)
前面 
向前 
婚前 
往前 
从前 (從前)
提前 
日前 
此前 
当前 (當前)
目前 
眼前 
面前 

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (spear)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

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.
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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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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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