1. 絲
  2. 綢
  3. 之
  4. 路

絲

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  1. 絲 is the 1024th most frequent character.
  2. 絲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 絲 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 絲 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
絲 => 糹, 糸
Radical :
絲 => 糹 (silk), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
絲 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si1 - silk/thread/trace/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 絲 (si1): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

粉丝 (粉絲)
丝 (絲)

Medium Frequency

爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
拔丝 (拔絲)
真丝 (真絲)
丝巾 (絲巾)
丝带 (絲帶)
丝毫 (絲毫)
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
丝绸 (絲綢)
丝袜 (絲襪)
肉丝 (肉絲)
蕾丝 (蕾絲)
螺丝 (螺絲)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
钢丝 (鋼絲)
青丝 (青絲)

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絲 also appears in:
鷥

綢

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  1. 綢 is the 2629th most frequent character.
  2. 綢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 綢 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 綢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
綢 => 糹, 周
Radical :
綢 => 糹 (silk), 田 (field), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
綢 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - (light) silk/CL:匹[pi3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 周 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 綢 (chou2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
丝绸 (絲綢)

Medium Frequency

丝绸之路 (絲綢之路)
绸缎 (綢緞)
绸缪 (綢繆)

之

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  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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之 also appears in:
乏芝

路

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  1. 路 is the 305th most frequent character.
  2. 路 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 路 appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. 路 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
路 => ⻊, 各
Radical :
路 => ⻊ (foot), 夂 (go), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
路 => 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lu4 - surname Lu
  2. lu4 - road/CL:條|条[tiao2]/journey/route/line (bus etc)/sort/kind

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 路 (lu4): The component ⻊ is pronounced as 'zu5'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

一路 
路 

Medium Frequency

上路 
公路 
出路 
半路 
卡路里 
同路 
问路 (問路)
套路 
山路 
后路 (後路)
思路 
末路 
歧路 
狭路 (狹路)
线路 (線路)
走路 
赶路 (趕路)
路上 
路人 
路口 
路径 (路徑)
路易威登 
路况 (路況)
路灯 (路燈)
路由器 
路程 
路线 (路線)
路费 (路費)
路过 (路過)
路边 (路邊)
路面 
迷路 
退路 
道路 
铁路 (鐵路)
陌路 
马路 (馬路)
高速路 

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路 also appears in:
露璐潞鹭蕗簬鷺
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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