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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. 龙 is the 695th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 167 words.
  4. appears as a component in 36 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (dragon)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Long2 - surname Long
  2. long2 - dragon/CL:條|条[tiao2]/imperial

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 龙 (long2): The component 龙 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
龙年 (龍年)
龙马精神 (龍馬精神)

Medium Frequency

亚龙湾 (亞龍灣)
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
古龙 (古龍)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
小龙 (小龍)
恐龙 (恐龍)
成龙 (成龍)
李小龙 (李小龍)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
沙龙 (沙龍)
火龙 (火龍)
火龙果 (火龍果)
乌龙 (烏龍)
乌龙茶 (烏龍茶)
盘龙 (盤龍)
舞龙 (舞龍)
车水马龙 (車水馬龍)
长龙 (長龍)
青龙 (青龍)
飞龙 (飛龍)
黑龙江 (黑龍江)
龙井 (龍井)
龙城 (龍城)
龙岩 (龍岩)
龙岗 (龍崗)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)
龙江 (龍江)
龙潭 (龍潭)
龙王 (龍王)
龙眼 (龍眼)
龙脉 (龍脈)
龙虾 (龍蝦)
龙猫 (龍貓)
龙门 (龍門)
龙头 (龍頭)
龙飞 (龍飛)
龙飞凤舞 (龍飛鳳舞)

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  1. 八 is the 451st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 547 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba1 - eight/8

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 八 (ba1): The component 八 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
十八 

Medium Frequency

七七八八 
七上八下 
三八 
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
五花八门 (五花八門)
八佰伴 
八十 
八卦 
八卦掌 
八婆 
八戒 
八方 
八月 
八角 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
王八蛋 
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  1. 部 is the 84th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect), (mouth), (town)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 部 (bu4): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

全部 
 
部分 

Medium Frequency

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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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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