1. 身
  2. 外
  3. 之
  4. 物

身

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Meta:

  1. 身 is the 164th most frequent character.
  2. 身 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 身 appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. 身 appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
身 => 𨈑, 丿
Radical :
身 => 身 (body)
Graphical :
身 => 𠂎, 丶, 二, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen1 - body/life/oneself/personally/one's morality and conduct/the main part of a structure or body/pregnant/classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset/Kangxi radical 158

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 身 (shen1): The component 身 is pronounced as 'shen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单身 (單身)
身 
身份 
身价 (身價)
身边 (身邊)
身体 (身體)

Medium Frequency

上身 
人身 
修身 
健身 
健身房 
全身 
出身 
化身 
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
感同身受 
替身 
本身 
浑身 (渾身)
满身 (滿身)
现身 (現身)
瘦身 
纹身 (紋身)
终身 (終身)
置身 
翻身 
自身 
亲身 (親身)
起身 
身上 
身不由己 
身亡 
身份证 (身份證)
身子 
身影 
身后 (身後)
身心 
身材 
身为 (身為)
身处 (身處)
身躯 (身軀)
身高 
转身 (轉身)
随身 (隨身)
隐身 (隱身)

Appears In:

身 also appears in:
身射谢躺躲躯躬麝榭謝藭躼軅軈軃窮軉軆躱躶躻躿軀軇鯓躭

外

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Meta:

  1. 外 is the 131st most frequent character.
  2. 外 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 外 appears as a character in 190 words.
  4. 外 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
外 => 夕, 卜
Radical :
外 => 夕 (evening/unset), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
外 => 夕, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wai4 - outside/in addition/foreign/external

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

另外 
外 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)

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外 also appears in:
迯

之

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Meta:

  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.

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)

Appears In:

之 also appears in:
乏芝

物

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Meta:

  1. 物 is the 142nd most frequent character.
  2. 物 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 物 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 物 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
物 => 牛, 勿
Radical :
物 => 牛 (cow), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
物 => 二, 丨, ㇒, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu4 - thing/object/matter/abbr. for physics 物理

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 物 (wu4): The component 勿 is pronounced as 'wu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

事物 
人物 
动物 (動物)
宠物 (寵物)
植物 
物 
物质 (物質)
生物 
礼物 (禮物)
购物 (購物)
食物 

Medium Frequency

价廉物美 (價廉物美)
利物浦 
动物园 (動物園)
动物性 (動物性)
化合物 
博物院 
博物馆 (博物館)
吉祥物 
实物 (實物)
宝物 (寶物)
尤物 
废物 (廢物)
建筑物 (建築物)
微生物 
怪物 
文物 
景物 
植物人 
植物园 (植物園)
植物油 
混合物 
无物 (無物)
物以类聚 (物以類聚)
物件 
物价 (物價)
物品 
物业 (物業)
物欲 
物流 
物理 
物种 (物種)
物美价廉 (物美價廉)
物色 
物资 (物資)
物体 (物體)
猎物 (獵物)
生物钟 (生物鐘)
产物 (產物)
矿物 (礦物)
矿物质 (礦物質)
谷物 (穀物)
致癌物 
旧物 (舊物)
万物 (萬物)
药物 (藥物)
衣物 
读物 (讀物)
财物 (財物)
货物 (貨物)
购物券 (購物券)
购物袋 (購物袋)
购物车 (購物車)
身外之物 
重物 
杂物 (雜物)
饰物 (飾物)
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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