1. 圆
  2. 柱
  3. 形

圆

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  1. 圆 is the 1143rd most frequent character.
  2. 圆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 圆 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 圆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
圆 => 囗, 员
Radical :
圆 => 囗 (enclosure), 口 (mouth), 贝 (shell)
Graphical :
圆 => 冂, 一, 口, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - circle/round/circular/spherical/(of the moon) full/unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)/tactful/to justify

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 圆 (yuan2): The component 员 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

圆 (圓)
圆满 (圓滿)
团圆 (團圓)
汤圆 (湯圓)

Medium Frequency

圆圈 (圓圈)
圆子 (圓子)
圆形 (圓形)
圆明园 (圓明園)
圆月 (圓月)
圆桌 (圓桌)
圆滑 (圓滑)
圆滚滚 (圓滾滾)
圆润 (圓潤)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
圆舞曲 (圓舞曲)
圆通 (圓通)
圆领 (圓領)
圆点 (圓點)
方圆 (方圓)
桂圆 (桂圓)
花好月圆 (花好月圓)

柱

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  1. 柱 is the 1689th most frequent character.
  2. 柱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 柱 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 柱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
柱 => 木, 主
Radical :
柱 => 木 (tree), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
柱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - pillar/CL:根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

支柱 
柱 

Medium Frequency

冰柱 
圆柱形 (圓柱形)
柱子 
水柱 
灯柱 (燈柱)
石柱 
脊柱 
门柱 (門柱)
顶梁柱 (頂梁柱)

形

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  1. 形 is the 269th most frequent character.
  2. 形 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 形 appears as a character in 107 words.
  4. 形 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
形 => 开, 彡
Radical :
形 => 一 (one), 廾 (N/A), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
形 => 一, 廾, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xing2 - to appear/to look/form/shape

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Medium Frequency

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)
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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