Meta:

  1. 罄 is the 4524th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (scholar), (weapon/lance), (line), No glyph available, (line), (jar)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qing4 - use-up/exhausted/empty

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 罄 (qing4): The component 殸 is pronounced as 'qing4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

售罄 

Medium Frequency

告罄 
罄竹难书 (罄竹難書)

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Meta:

  1. 竹 is the 1586th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 237 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (bamboo)
Graphical :
=> 𠂉, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu2 - bamboo/CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 竹 (zhu2): The component 竹 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

爆竹 

Medium Frequency

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
胸有成竹 
腐竹 

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Meta:

  1. 难 is the 295th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (right hand), (small bird)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nan2 - difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good
  2. nan4 - disaster/distress/to scold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

困难 (困難)
 ()
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Medium Frequency

患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
艰难 (艱難)
苦难 (苦難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难忘 (難忘)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难看 (難看)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (line), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , ,

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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