Meta:

  1. 炙 is the 3664th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - to broil/to roast

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

炙手可热 (炙手可熱)

Medium Frequency

脍炙人口 (膾炙人口)

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Meta:

  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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Meta:

  1. 可 is the 30th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (hook), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) certainly/very
  2. ke4 - see 可汗[ke4 han2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
可以 
可是 
可能 

Medium Frequency

可怕 
可悲 
可惜 
可恶 (可惡)
可爱 (可愛)
可怜 (可憐)
可乐 (可樂)
宁可 (寧可)
无懈可击 (無懈可擊)

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Meta:

  1. 热 is the 606th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 117 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (dot), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. re4 - to warm up/to heat up/hot (of weather)/heat/fervent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
热情 (熱情)
热爱 (熱愛)
热水 (熱水)
热卖 (熱賣)
热销 (熱銷)
热闹 (熱鬧)

Medium Frequency

加热 (加熱)
散热 (散熱)
清热 (清熱)
凑热闹 (湊熱鬧)
温热 (溫熱)
火热 (火熱)
炎热 (炎熱)
热乎乎 (熱乎乎)
热干面 (熱乾面)
热切 (熱切)
热带 (熱帶)
热度 (熱度)
热心 (熱心)
热忱 (熱忱)
热恋 (熱戀)
热敷 (熱敷)
热气 (熱氣)
热水器 (熱水器)
热水澡 (熱水澡)
热水袋 (熱水袋)
热潮 (熱潮)
热烈 (熱烈)
热线 (熱線)
热血 (熱血)
热衷 (熱衷)
热裤 (熱褲)
热议 (熱議)
热身 (熱身)
热量 (熱量)
热门 (熱門)
热饮 (熱飲)
热点 (熱點)
炽热 (熾熱)
狂热 (狂熱)
发热 (發熱)
亲热 (親熱)
电热毯 (電熱毯)
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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