1. 天
  2. 道
  3. 酬
  4. 勤

天

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Meta:

  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

道

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Meta:

  1. 道 is the 52nd most frequent character.
  2. 道 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 道 appears as a character in 222 words.
  4. 道 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
道 => 辶, 首
Radical :
道 => 辶 (walk), 首 (head)
Graphical :
道 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao4 - direction/way/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō)/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

酬

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Meta:

  1. 酬 is the 2002nd most frequent character.
  2. 酬 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 酬 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 酬 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
酬 => 酉, 州
Radical :
酬 => 酉 (wine/alcohol), 州 (N/A)
Graphical :
酬 => 一, 丿, 乚, 口, 一, 州

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - to entertain/to repay/to return/to reward/to compensate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 酬 (chou2): The component 州 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 酬 (chou2): The component 酉 is pronounced as 'you3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

应酬 (應酬)
酬宾 (酬賓)

Medium Frequency

报酬 (報酬)
天道酬勤 
薪酬 
酬劳 (酬勞)
酬谢 (酬謝)

勤

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Meta:

  1. 勤 is the 1563rd most frequent character.
  2. 勤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 勤 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 勤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
勤 => 堇, 力
Radical :
勤 => 廿 (two hands/twenty), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 王 (jade), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
勤 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qin2 - diligent/industrious/hardworking/frequent/regular/constant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 勤 (qin2): The component 堇 is pronounced as 'jin3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

勤 
勤劳 (勤勞)
勤奋 (勤奮)
勤快 
辛勤 

Medium Frequency

勤俭 (勤儉)
勤力 
勤勉 
勤勤恳恳 (勤勤懇懇)
执勤 (執勤)
天道酬勤 
后勤 (後勤)
殷勤 
考勤 
通勤 
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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