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  1. 源 is the 669th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cliff), (white), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - root/source/origin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 源 (yuan2): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Medium Frequency

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
 
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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Meta:

  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (arrow)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

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Meta:

  1. 碼 is the 1343rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stone), (horse)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma3 - weight/number/code/to pile/to stack/classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 碼 (ma3): The component 馬 is pronounced as 'ma3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

密码 (密碼)
数码 (數碼)
 ()
码头 (碼頭)
筹码 (籌碼)
号码 (號碼)
起码 (起碼)

Medium Frequency

乱码 (亂碼)
代码 (代碼)
尺码 (尺碼)
条码 (條碼)
源代码 (源代碼)
码字 (碼字)
编码 (編碼)
解码 (解碼)
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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