1. 啼
  2. 笑
  3. 皆
  4. 非

啼

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  1. 啼 is the 2907th most frequent character.
  2. 啼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 啼 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 啼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
啼 => 口, 帝
Radical :
啼 => 口 (mouth), 亠 (lid), 丷 (eight/divide), 冖 (cover), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
啼 => 口, 一, 丶, 丷, 冖, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ti2 - to cry/to weep aloud/to crow/to hoot

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 啼 (ti2): The component 帝 is pronounced as 'di4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 啼 (ti2): The component 亠 is pronounced as 'tou2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 啼 (ti2): The component 冖 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

哭哭啼啼 
啼 
啼哭 
啼笑皆非 

笑

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  1. 笑 is the 346th most frequent character.
  2. 笑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 笑 appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. 笑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笑 => ⺮, 夭
Radical :
笑 => ⺮ (bamboo), ㇒ (N/A), 大 (big)
Graphical :
笑 => ⺮, ㇒, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao4 - laugh/smile/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微笑 
笑 

Medium Frequency

偷笑 
傻笑 
可笑 
嘲笑 
好笑 
搞笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑容 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑话 (笑話)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)

皆

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Meta:

  1. 皆 is the 1417th most frequent character.
  2. 皆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 皆 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 皆 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
皆 => 比, 白
Radical :
皆 => 比 (compare/compete), 白 (white)
Graphical :
皆 => 比, 口, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - all/each and every/in all cases

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

皆 

Medium Frequency

Appears In:

皆 also appears in:
谐楷揩偕锴階喈龤稭蒈諧

非

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Meta:

  1. 非 is the 283rd most frequent character.
  2. 非 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 非 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 非 appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
非 => No glyph available
Radical :
非 => 非 (wrong)
Graphical :
非 => 非

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei1 - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  2. fei1 - to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/(colloquial) to insist on/simply must

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 非 (fei1): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

非 
非常 

Medium Frequency

北非 
南非 
口是心非 
是非 
无非 (無非)
莫非 
除非 
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)
非凡 
非法 
非洲 
非要 
非诚勿扰 (非誠勿擾)

Appears In:

非 also appears in:
非排罪靠悲菲辈匪啡斐靡徘裴诽腓绯扉翡韭蜚霏俳榧鲱痱蘼悱薤篚鯡輩裶蕜緋
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.