1. 湄
  2. 洲
  3. 岛

湄

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  1. 湄 is the 3631st most frequent character.
  2. 湄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 湄 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 湄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
湄 => 氵, 眉
Radical :
湄 => 氵 (water), 丨 (line), No glyph available, 丨 (line), 目 (eye)
Graphical :
湄 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 匚, 丨, 口, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei2 - brink/edge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 湄 (mei2): The component 眉 is pronounced as 'mei2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 湄 (mei2): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

湄公河 

Medium Frequency

湄洲岛 (湄洲島)

洲

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  1. 洲 is the 700th most frequent character.
  2. 洲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 洲 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 洲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
洲 => 氵, 州
Radical :
洲 => 氵 (water), 州 (N/A)
Graphical :
洲 => ⺀, ㇀, 州

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou1 - continent/island

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 洲 (zhou1): The component 州 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

亚洲 (亞洲)
欧洲 (歐洲)
澳洲 
非洲 

Medium Frequency

三角洲 
五洲 
大洲 
株洲 
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
沙洲 
洲 
洲际 (洲際)
绿洲 (綠洲)
美洲 
非洲人 
香洲 
香洲区 (香洲區)

岛

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  1. 岛 is the 796th most frequent character.
  2. 岛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 岛 appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. 岛 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
岛 => No glyph available, 山
Radical :
岛 => ㇆ (N/A), ㇉ (N/A), 丶 (dot), 丶 (dot), 山 (mountain)
Graphical :
岛 => ㇆, ㇉, 丶, 丶, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - island/CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 岛 (dao3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
岛 (島)
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
青岛 (青島)

Medium Frequency

仙岛 (仙島)
冰岛 (冰島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
广岛 (廣島)
海南岛 (海南島)
海岛 (海島)
港岛 (港島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
环岛 (環島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
群岛 (群島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
青岛市 (青島市)
黄岛 (黃島)

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岛 also appears in:
捣
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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