1. 筆
  2. 記
  3. 本

筆

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Meta:

  1. 筆 is the 954th most frequent character.
  2. 筆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 筆 appears as a character in 79 words.
  4. 筆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
筆 => ⺮, 聿
Radical :
筆 => ⺮ (bamboo), 聿 (brush)
Graphical :
筆 => ⺮, 匚, 一, 丨, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi3 - pen/pencil/writing brush/to write or compose/the strokes of Chinese characters/classifier for sums of money, deals/CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

笔 (筆)
笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

Medium Frequency

下笔 (下筆)
伏笔 (伏筆)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
执笔 (執筆)
妙笔生花 (妙筆生花)
提笔 (提筆)
败笔 (敗筆)
文笔 (文筆)
毛笔 (毛筆)
煞笔 (煞筆)
画笔 (畫筆)
眉笔 (眉筆)
神笔 (神筆)
笔名 (筆名)
笔尖 (筆尖)
笔架 (筆架)
笔画 (筆畫)
笔直 (筆直)
笔筒 (筆筒)
笔者 (筆者)
笔触 (筆觸)
笔试 (筆試)
笔迹 (筆跡)
笔录 (筆錄)
笔头 (筆頭)
粉笔 (粉筆)
落笔 (落筆)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
亲笔 (親筆)
铅笔 (鉛筆)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
随笔 (隨筆)

記

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Meta:

  1. 記 is the 306th most frequent character.
  2. 記 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 記 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 記 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
記 => 言, 几
Radical :
記 => 言 (speech), 几 (table)
Graphical :
記 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - to remember/to note/mark/sign/to record

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 記 (ji4): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 記 (ji4): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 記 (ji4): The component 几 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

忘记 (忘記)
日记 (日記)
西游记 (西遊記)
记 (記)
记住 (記住)
记得 (記得)
记忆 (記憶)
记录 (記錄)

Medium Frequency

倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
切记 (切記)
印记 (印記)
史记 (史記)
惦记 (惦記)
书记 (書記)
牢记 (牢記)
登记 (登記)
笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
记事 (記事)
记性 (記性)
记忆力 (記憶力)
记者 (記者)
记起 (記起)
记载 (記載)
谨记 (謹記)
游记 (遊記)
铭记 (銘記)

本

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Meta:

  1. 本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
  2. 本 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 本 appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. 本 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
本 => 木, 一
Radical :
本 => 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
本 => 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)

Appears In:

本 also appears in:
体笨钵苯缽翉
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.