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  1. 膽 is the 1350th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (moon), (knife), (cliff), (eight/divide), (speech)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan3 - the gall/the nerve/courage/guts/gall bladder

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 膽 (dan3): The component 詹 is pronounced as 'zhan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 膽 (dan3): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 膽 (dan3): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大胆 (大膽)
胆固醇 (膽固醇)
胆子 (膽子)
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
胆量 (膽量)

Medium Frequency

心惊胆战 (心驚膽戰)
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)
斗胆 (斗膽)
海胆 (海膽)
肝胆相照 (肝膽相照)
胆囊 (膽囊)
胆大 (膽大)
胆怯 (膽怯)
胆敢 (膽敢)
胆汁 (膽汁)
胆略 (膽略)
胆结石 (膽結石)
胆识 (膽識)
胆碱 (膽鹼)
卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽)
色胆 (色膽)

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  1. 小 is the 83rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 248 words.
  4. appears as a component in 343 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao3 - small/tiny/few/young

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 小 (xiao3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
小时 (小時)

Medium Frequency

大小 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小偷 
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小品 
小妹 
小姐 
小姨 
小子 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小学生 (小學生)
小小 
小屋 
小弟 
小心 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小时候 (小時候)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小米 
小组 (小組)
小脚 (小腳)
小腿 
小号 (小號)
小说 (小說)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
微小 
渺小 
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

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Meta:

  1. 鬼 is the 1040th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 53 words.
  4. appears as a component in 32 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (ghost/demon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gui3 - ghost/sly/crafty/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鬼 (gui3): The component 鬼 is pronounced as 'gui3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
魔鬼 

Medium Frequency

吸血鬼 
小鬼 
死鬼 
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
见鬼 (見鬼)
酒鬼 
鬼佬 
鬼子 
鬼怪 
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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