1. 空
  2. 中
  3. 楼
  4. 阁

空

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Meta:

  1. 空 is the 272nd most frequent character.
  2. 空 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 空 appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. 空 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
空 => 穴, 工
Radical :
空 => 穴 (cave), 工 (work)
Graphical :
空 => 冖, 丶, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kong1 - empty/air/sky/in vain
  2. kong4 - to empty/vacant/unoccupied/space/leisure/free time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 空 (kong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 空 (kong4): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天空 
星空 
时空 (時空)
有空 
空 
空气 (空氣)
空虚 (空虛)
空调 (空調)
空间 (空間)
航空 

Medium Frequency

上空 
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
半空 
填空 
夜空 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
太空 
孙悟空 (孫悟空)
悟空 
抽空 
挖空 
横空 (橫空)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
清空 
真空 
空中 
空位 
空前 
空姐 
空想 
空战 (空戰)
空手 
空旷 (空曠)
空洞 
空无一人 (空無一人)
空白 
空空 
空空荡荡 (空空盪盪)
空腹 
空落落 
空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
空话 (空話)
空军 (空軍)
空运 (空運)
空闲 (空閒)
空降 
空隙 
空头 (空頭)
空余 (空餘)
落空 
虚空 (虛空)
镂空 (鏤空)
腾空 (騰空)
高空 

Appears In:

空 also appears in:
控腔崆倥箜鞚聜躻鵼

中

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Meta:

  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. 中 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 中 appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. 中 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
中 => 口, 丨
Radical :
中 => 口 (mouth), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
中 => 口, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

Appears In:

中 also appears in:
种史冲钟虫忠仲肿串衷忡盅舯翀鈡

楼

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Meta:

  1. 楼 is the 874th most frequent character.
  2. 楼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 楼 appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. 楼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
楼 => 木, 娄
Radical :
楼 => 木 (tree), 米 (rice), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
楼 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丨, 八, 丷, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lou2 - house with more than 1 story/storied building/floor/CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

楼 (樓)
楼下 (樓下)

Medium Frequency

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
大楼 (大樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯 (樓梯)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
茶楼 (茶樓)
跳楼 (跳樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

阁

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Meta:

  1. 阁 is the 1680th most frequent character.
  2. 阁 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 阁 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 阁 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
阁 => 门, 各
Radical :
阁 => 门 (gate), 夂 (go), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
阁 => 丶, 丨, ㇆, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge2 - pavilion (usu. two-storied)/cabinet (politics)/boudoir/woman's chamber/rack/shelf

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阁 (ge2): The component 各 is pronounced as 'ge4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

内阁 (內閣)
阁 (閣)
阁下 (閣下)
阁楼 (閣樓)

Medium Frequency

出阁 (出閣)
剑阁 (劍閣)
束之高阁 (束之高閣)
楼阁 (樓閣)
滕王阁 (滕王閣)
空中楼阁 (空中樓閣)
金阁寺 (金閣寺)
雅阁 (雅閣)

Appears In:

阁 also appears in:
搁
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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