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  1. 小 is the 83rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 248 words.
  4. appears as a component in 343 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao3 - small/tiny/few/young

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 小 (xiao3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
小时 (小時)

Medium Frequency

大小 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小偷 
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小品 
小妹 
小姐 
小姨 
小子 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小学生 (小學生)
小小 
小屋 
小弟 
小心 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小时候 (小時候)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小米 
小组 (小組)
小脚 (小腳)
小腿 
小号 (小號)
小说 (小說)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
微小 
渺小 
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

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  1. 卖 is the 972nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (N/A), (big), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mai4 - to sell/to betray/to spare no effort/to show off or flaunt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 卖 (mai4): The component 买 is pronounced as 'mai3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 卖 (mai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

热卖 (熱賣)
 ()

Medium Frequency

出卖 (出賣)
外卖 (外賣)
专卖 (專賣)
专卖店 (專賣店)
小卖部 (小賣部)
拍卖 (拍賣)
甩卖 (甩賣)
义卖 (義賣)
买卖 (買賣)
卖傻 (賣傻)
卖出 (賣出)
卖力 (賣力)
卖弄 (賣弄)
卖掉 (賣掉)
卖淫 (賣淫)
卖相 (賣相)
卖萌 (賣萌)
卖身 (賣身)
卖点 (賣點)
转卖 (轉賣)

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Meta:

  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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