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  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (big)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

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  1. 南 is the 307th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 260 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (ten), (upside down box), (eight/divide), (dry)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nan2 - surname Nan
  2. nan2 - south

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Medium Frequency

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南瓜 
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南部 
南开 (南開)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
西南 
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)

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  1. 地 is the 21st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 285 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (second), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  2. di4 - earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 地 (de5): The component 也 is pronounced as 'ye3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)

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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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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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