1. 快
  2. 刀
  3. 斩
  4. 乱
  5. 麻

快

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  1. 快 is the 366th most frequent character.
  2. 快 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 快 appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. 快 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
快 => 忄, 夬
Radical :
快 => 忄 (heart), No glyph available, 丨 (line), 人 (human)
Graphical :
快 => 丨, 八, 匚, 丨, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kuai4 - rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/almost/to make haste/clever/sharp (of knives or wits)/forthright/plain-spoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 快 (kuai4): The component 夬 is pronounced as 'guai4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

快 
快乐 (快樂)

Medium Frequency

尽快 (儘快)
快快乐乐 (快快樂樂)
快捷 
快要 
快速 
快递 (快遞)
快点 (快點)
愉快 
赶快 (趕快)

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快 also appears in:
筷

刀

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  1. 刀 is the 1065th most frequent character.
  2. 刀 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 刀 appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. 刀 appears as a component in 392 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
刀 => ㇆, 丿
Radical :
刀 => 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
刀 => ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Dao1 - surname Dao
  2. dao1 - knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[ba3]/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 刀 (dao1): The component 刀 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

刀 
菜刀 

Medium Frequency

借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
两肋插刀 (兩肋插刀)
刀具 
刀子 
刀郎 
刀锋 (刀鋒)
剃须刀 (剃鬚刀)
剪刀 
大刀 
小刀 
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
军刀 (軍刀)
镰刀 (鐮刀)
开刀 (開刀)

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刀 also appears in:
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斩

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  1. 斩 is the 2458th most frequent character.
  2. 斩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 斩 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 斩 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
斩 => 车, 斤
Radical :
斩 => 车 (car), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
斩 => 乚, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhan3 - to behead (as form of capital punishment)/to chop

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

斩 (斬)

Medium Frequency

快刀斩乱麻 (快刀斬亂麻)
斩断 (斬斷)
斩杀 (斬殺)

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斩 also appears in:
渐暂惭崭堑錾椠

乱

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  1. 乱 is the 764th most frequent character.
  2. 乱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 乱 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 乱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乱 => 舌, 乚
Radical :
乱 => 舌 (tongue), 乚 (second)
Graphical :
乱 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 口, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. luan4 - in confusion or disorder/in a confused state of mind/disorder/upheaval/riot/illicit sexual relations/to throw into disorder/to mix up/indiscriminate/random/arbitrary

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

乱 (亂)
乱世 (亂世)

Medium Frequency

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
乱糟糟 (亂糟糟)
凌乱 (凌亂)
慌乱 (慌亂)
手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
捣乱 (搗亂)
扰乱 (擾亂)
活蹦乱跳 (活蹦亂跳)
混乱 (混亂)
紊乱 (紊亂)
缭乱 (繚亂)
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
错乱 (錯亂)
杂乱 (雜亂)

麻

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  1. 麻 is the 1106th most frequent character.
  2. 麻 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 麻 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 麻 appears as a component in 22 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
麻 => 广, 林
Radical :
麻 => 麻 (hemp)
Graphical :
麻 => 厂, 丶, 林

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ma2 - surname Ma
  2. ma2 - generic name for hemp, flax etc/hemp or flax fiber for textile materials/sesame/CL:縷|缕[lu:3]/(of materials) rough or coarse/pocked/pitted/to have pins and needles or tingling/to feel numb

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麻 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

麻将 (麻將)
麻烦 (麻煩)

Medium Frequency

密密麻麻 
发麻 (發麻)
肉麻 
芝麻 
芝麻官 
麻 
麻木 
麻油 
麻痹 (麻痺)
麻花 
麻袋 
麻辣 
麻辣烫 (麻辣燙)
麻醉 
麻雀 
黑芝麻 

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麻 also appears in:
麻摩魔磨嘛麽靡蘑糜麾嬷麼縻蘼麿耱穈醿醾藦蔴饝
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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