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  1. 外 is the 131st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 190 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wai4 - outside/in addition/foreign/external

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

另外 
 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)

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Meta:

  1. 甥 is the 3800th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (life), (field), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sheng1 - sister's son/nephew

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甥 (sheng1): The component 生 is pronounced as 'sheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

外甥 
外甥女 

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  1. 女 is the 224th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 126 words.
  4. appears as a component in 248 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nu:3 - female/woman/daughter
  2. ru3 - archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 女 (nu:3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 女 (ru3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
女人 
女孩 
美女 

Medium Frequency

儿女 (兒女)
女儿 (女兒)
女友 
女士 
女婿 
女娲 (女媧)
女子 
女性 
女星 
女朋友 
女王 
女生 
女皇 
女神 
女装 (女裝)
女郎 
侄女 (姪女)
妇女 (婦女)
子女 
少女 
歌女 
淑女 
男女 
织女 (織女)
处女 (處女)
闺女 (閨女)
靓女 (靚女)
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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