1. 天
  2. 壤
  3. 之
  4. 别

天

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

Decomposition:

Once :
天 => 一, 大
Radical :
天 => 一 (one), 大 (big)
Graphical :
天 => 一, 人, 一

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 
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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天 also appears in:
关吴奏吞蚕昊癸忝祆龑

壤

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Meta:

  1. 壤 is the 2407th most frequent character.
  2. 壤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壤 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 壤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壤 => 土, 襄
Radical :
壤 => 土 (earth), 衣 (clothes), 吅 (N/A), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one)
Graphical :
壤 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丶, ㇒, ㇗, 冫, 吅, 丨, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. rang3 - soil/earth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

土壤 

Medium Frequency

天壤之别 (天壤之別)
平壤 
接壤 

之

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  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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之 also appears in:
乏芝

别

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  1. 别 is the 222nd most frequent character.
  2. 别 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 别 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 别 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
别 => 另, 刂
Radical :
别 => 口 (mouth), 力 (power/force), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
别 => 口, ㇆, 丿, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bie2 - surname Bie
  2. bie2 - to leave/to depart/to separate/to distinguish/to classify/other/another/do not/must not/to pin
  3. bie4 - to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

别 (別)
别人 (別人)
特别 (特別)

Medium Frequency

个别 (個別)
分别 (分別)
别墅 (別墅)
别的 (別的)
别致 (別緻)
别处 (別處)
别离 (別離)
区别 (區別)
告别 (告別)
差别 (差別)
别扭 (彆扭)
性别 (性別)
惜别 (惜別)
有别 (有別)
级别 (級別)
识别 (識別)
道别 (道別)
离别 (離別)

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别 also appears in:
捌莂
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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