1. 己
  2. 已
  3. 巳

己

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  1. 己 is the 162nd most frequent character.
  2. 己 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 己 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 己 appears as a component in 85 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
己 => No glyph available, 乚
Radical :
己 => 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
己 => 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji3 - self/oneself/sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/sixth in order/letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/hexa

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 己 (ji3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

自己 

Medium Frequency

Appears In:

己 also appears in:
起已己记改纪配凯岂忌妃恺杞皑铠觊闿圮芑桤跽剀紀鱾硙屺垲鵋邔民导包异跑炮港抱胞眠饱泡鲍袍巷熙氓祀咆巳刨抿苞雹疱庖孢泯夔龅岷匏愍缗狍汜珉圯緡飑飽菢砲闀苠遷鈱袌麅窇笣韆鞄褜萢

已

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  1. 已 is the 117th most frequent character.
  2. 已 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 已 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 已 appears as a component in 85 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
已 => 己
Radical :
已 => 已 (oneself)
Graphical :
已 => 已

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi3 - already/to stop/then/afterwards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 已 (yi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 已 (yi3): The component 已 is pronounced as 'yi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

已 
已经 (已經)

Medium Frequency

而已 

Appears In:

已 also appears in:
起已己记改纪配凯岂忌妃恺杞皑铠觊闿圮芑桤跽剀紀鱾硙屺垲鵋邔民导包异跑炮港抱胞眠饱泡鲍袍巷熙氓祀咆巳刨抿苞雹疱庖孢泯夔龅岷匏愍缗狍汜珉圯緡飑飽菢砲闀苠遷鈱袌麅窇笣韆鞄褜萢

巳

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  1. 巳 is the 3375th most frequent character.
  2. 巳 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 巳 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 巳 appears as a component in 85 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
巳 => 尸, 乚
Radical :
巳 => 巳 (oneself)
Graphical :
巳 => 丨, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si4 - 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 巳 (si4): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 巳 (si4): The component 巳 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

丁巳 
己巳 
巳 
巳时 (巳時)
癸巳 

Appears In:

巳 also appears in:
起已己记改纪配凯岂忌妃恺杞皑铠觊闿圮芑桤跽剀紀鱾硙屺垲鵋邔民导包异跑炮港抱胞眠饱泡鲍袍巷熙氓祀咆巳刨抿苞雹疱庖孢泯夔龅岷匏愍缗狍汜珉圯緡飑飽菢砲闀苠遷鈱袌麅窇笣韆鞄褜萢
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.