1. 琴
  2. 棋
  3. 书
  4. 画

琴

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  1. 琴 is the 1699th most frequent character.
  2. 琴 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 琴 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 琴 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
琴 => 玨, 今
Radical :
琴 => 玨 (N/A), 人 (human), 丶 (dot), ㇇ (N/A)
Graphical :
琴 => 玨, 人, 丶, ㇇

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qin2 - guqin or zither, cf 古琴/musical instrument in general

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 琴 (qin2): The component 今 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

小提琴 
弹琴 (彈琴)
琴 
钢琴 (鋼琴)

Medium Frequency

口琴 
古琴 
大提琴 
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
手风琴 (手風琴)
提琴 
抚琴 (撫琴)
琴弦 
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
琴瑟 
琴键 (琴鍵)
胡琴 
竖琴 (豎琴)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
电子琴 (電子琴)
风琴 (風琴)

棋

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  1. 棋 is the 2085th most frequent character.
  2. 棋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 棋 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 棋 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
棋 => 木, 其
Radical :
棋 => 木 (tree), 甘 (sweet), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
棋 => 一, 丨, 八, 艹, 二, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi2 - chess/CL:盤|盘[pan2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 棋 (qi2): The component 其 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 棋 (qi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

棋 

Medium Frequency

下棋 
五子棋 
围棋 (圍棋)
棋子 
棋盘 (棋盤)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
举棋不定 (舉棋不定)
象棋 
跳棋 

Appears In:

棋 also appears in:
簯

书

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  1. 书 is the 282nd most frequent character.
  2. 书 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 书 appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. 书 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
书 => No glyph available, 丶
Radical :
书 => No glyph available, 丨 (line), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
书 => ㇆, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shu1 - abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
  2. shu1 - book/letter/document/CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]/to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
书 (書)
书写 (書寫)
看书 (看書)
读书 (讀書)

Medium Frequency

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书包 (書包)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书店 (書店)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书记 (書記)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
白皮书 (白皮書)
秘书 (秘書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
遗书 (遺書)
电子书 (電子書)

画

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Meta:

  1. 画 is the 881st most frequent character.
  2. 画 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 画 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 画 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
画 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
画 => 一 (one), 田 (field), 凵 (container)
Graphical :
画 => 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hua4 - to draw/picture/painting/CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

漫画 (漫畫)
画 (畫)

Medium Frequency

动画 (動畫)
动画片 (動畫片)
图画 (圖畫)
壁画 (壁畫)
如画 (如畫)
插画 (插畫)
油画 (油畫)
画报 (畫報)
画室 (畫室)
画家 (畫家)
画皮 (畫皮)
画面 (畫面)
绘画 (繪畫)
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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