1. 约
  2. 翰
  3. 一
  4. 书

约

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  1. 约 is the 424th most frequent character.
  2. 约 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 约 appears as a character in 88 words.
  4. 约 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
约 => 纟, 勺
Radical :
约 => 纟 (silk), 勹 (wrap), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
约 => ㇛, 一, ㇆, ㇒, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yao1 - to weigh in a balance or on a scale
  2. yue1 - to make an appointment/to invite/approximately/pact/treaty/to economize/to restrict/to reduce (a fraction)/concise

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 约 (yao1): The component 勺 is pronounced as 'shao2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 约 (yao1): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大约 (大約)
契约 (契約)
简约 (簡約)
约 (約)
约定 (約定)
约会 (約會)
纽约 (紐約)

Medium Frequency

不约而同 (不約而同)
公约 (公約)
制约 (制約)
北约 (北約)
合约 (合約)
失约 (失約)
婉约 (婉約)
婚约 (婚約)
条约 (條約)
爽约 (爽約)
特约 (特約)
相约 (相約)
节约 (節約)
签约 (簽約)
约旦 (約旦)
约束 (約束)
约束力 (約束力)
约翰 (約翰)
约翰逊 (約翰遜)
续约 (續約)
赴约 (赴約)
违约 (違約)
里约 (里約)
里约热内卢 (里約熱內盧)
隐约 (隱約)
隐隐约约 (隱隱約約)
预约 (預約)

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约 also appears in:
药哟

翰

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  1. 翰 is the 1878th most frequent character.
  2. 翰 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 翰 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 翰 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
翰 => 龺, No glyph available
Radical :
翰 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 人 (human), 羽 (feather)
Graphical :
翰 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 人, 羽

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Han4 - surname Han
  2. han4 - writing brush/writing/pen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

伯明翰 
约翰 (約翰)
约翰逊 (約翰遜)

Medium Frequency

棒约翰 (棒約翰)
约翰一书 (約翰一書)
约翰内斯堡 (約翰內斯堡)
约翰福音 (約翰福音)
翰林 
圣约翰 (聖約翰)

Appears In:

翰 also appears in:
瀚

一

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  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. 一 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 一 appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. 一 appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
一 => 一
Radical :
一 => 一 (one)
Graphical :
一 => 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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一 also appears in:
一上大子下天本开日无与长十工三正业两二或更再马五且王万干士未百亚土七卫互丽鱼画灭丝末丁乌鸟旦曰丛戈丘丙兀歹丞廿亟丕皿亘戌卅闩韭弋豕匚靣襾

书

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Meta:

  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)
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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