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  1. 阑 is the 3708th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (gate), (tree), (mouth), (line), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan2 - railing/balustrade/door-screen/exhausted/late

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

阑珊 (闌珊)

Medium Frequency

夜阑 (夜闌)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
阑干 (闌干)
雕阑 (雕闌)

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  1. 尾 is the 1280th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (corpse), (fur/hair)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei3 - tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28 constellations/classifier for fish
  2. yi3 - horse's tail/pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尾 (yi3): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
尾巴 
尾牙 
结尾 (結尾)

Medium Frequency

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
年尾 
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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  1. 炎 is the 1322nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - flame/inflammation/-itis

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 炎 (yan2): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消炎 
炎亚纶 (炎亞綸)
炎症 
发炎 (發炎)
胃炎 
鼻炎 

Medium Frequency

中耳炎 
乳腺炎 
咽炎 
支气管炎 (支氣管炎)
气管炎 (氣管炎)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
炎夏 
炎帝 
炎炎 
炎热 (炎熱)
炎黄子孙 (炎黃子孫)
皮炎 
结膜炎 (結膜炎)
肝炎 
肺炎 
胰腺炎 
肾炎 (腎炎)
腮腺炎 
肠炎 (腸炎)
肠胃炎 (腸胃炎)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
关节炎 (關節炎)
阴道炎 (陰道炎)
鼻窦炎 (鼻竇炎)

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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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