1. 错
  2. 别
  3. 字

错

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  1. 错 is the 637th most frequent character.
  2. 错 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 错 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 错 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
错 => 钅, 昔
Radical :
错 => 钅 (metal/gold), 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
错 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 艹, 一, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cuo4 - surname Cuo
  2. cuo4 - mistake/wrong/bad/interlocking/complex/to grind/to polish/to alternate/to stagger/to miss/to let slip/to evade/to inlay with gold or silver

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 错 (cuo4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不错 (不錯)
错 (錯)
错过 (錯過)

Medium Frequency

交错 (交錯)
做错 (做錯)
出错 (出錯)
打错 (打錯)
搞错 (搞錯)
没错 (沒錯)
犯错 (犯錯)
看错 (看錯)
认错 (認錯)
走错 (走錯)
过错 (過錯)
错失 (錯失)
错爱 (錯愛)
错觉 (錯覺)
错误 (錯誤)

别

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Meta:

  1. 别 is the 222nd most frequent character.
  2. 别 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 别 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 别 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
别 => 另, 刂
Radical :
别 => 口 (mouth), 力 (power/force), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
别 => 口, ㇆, 丿, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bie2 - surname Bie
  2. bie2 - to leave/to depart/to separate/to distinguish/to classify/other/another/do not/must not/to pin
  3. bie4 - to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

别 (別)
别人 (別人)
特别 (特別)

Medium Frequency

个别 (個別)
分别 (分別)
别墅 (別墅)
别的 (別的)
别致 (別緻)
别处 (別處)
别离 (別離)
区别 (區別)
告别 (告別)
差别 (差別)
别扭 (彆扭)
性别 (性別)
惜别 (惜別)
有别 (有別)
级别 (級別)
识别 (識別)
道别 (道別)
离别 (離別)

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别 also appears in:
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字

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Meta:

  1. 字 is the 393rd most frequent character.
  2. 字 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 字 appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. 字 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
字 => 宀, 子
Radical :
字 => 宀 (roof), 子 (child)
Graphical :
字 => 冖, 丶, ㇇, 亅, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi4 - letter/symbol/character/word/CL:個|个[ge4]/courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 字 (zi4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 字 (zi4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi5'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

名字 
字 
数字 (數字)

Medium Frequency

十字 
十字架 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十字路口 
字典 
字幕 
字数 (字數)
字样 (字樣)
字母 
字眼 
字号 (字號)
字迹 (字跡)
字体 (字體)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
打字 
文字 
汉字 (漢字)
码字 (碼字)
签字 (簽字)
识字 (識字)
金字塔 
错别字 (錯別字)
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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