1. 談
  2. 天
  3. 說
  4. 地

談

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  1. 談 is the 474th most frequent character.
  2. 談 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 談 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 談 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
談 => 言, 炎
Radical :
談 => 言 (speech), 炎 (N/A)
Graphical :
談 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 炎

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 談 (tan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 談 (tan2): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

访谈 (訪談)
谈 (談)
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)

Medium Frequency

交谈 (交談)
健谈 (健談)
大谈 (大談)
座谈会 (座談會)
畅谈 (暢談)
会谈 (會談)
笑谈 (笑談)
谈判 (談判)
谈到 (談到)
谈吐 (談吐)
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谈心 (談心)
谈情说爱 (談情說愛)
谈话 (談話)
谈谈 (談談)
谈论 (談論)
长谈 (長談)
闲谈 (閑談)
闲谈 (閒談)
杂谈 (雜談)
面谈 (面談)

天

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  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. 天 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 天 appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. 天 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
天 => 一, 大
Radical :
天 => 一 (one), 大 (big)
Graphical :
天 => 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
天 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

Appears In:

天 also appears in:
关吴奏吞蚕昊癸忝祆龑

說

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  1. 說 is the 24th most frequent character.
  2. 說 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 說 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 說 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
說 => 言, 兌
Radical :
說 => 言 (speech), 八 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
說 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 八, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
  2. shuo1 - to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 說 (shui4): The component 兌 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传说 (傳說)
说 (說)

Medium Frequency

来说 (來說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
听说 (聽說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
说不定 (說不定)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说话 (說話)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)

地

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  1. 地 is the 21st most frequent character.
  2. 地 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 地 appears as a character in 285 words.
  4. 地 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
地 => 土, 也
Radical :
地 => 土 (earth), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
地 => 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  2. di4 - earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 地 (de5): The component 也 is pronounced as 'ye3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)

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地 also appears in:
逇
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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