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  1. 阿 is the 471st most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 152 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (one), (hook), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. A1 - abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
  2. a1 - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity/used in transliteration/also pr. [a4]
  3. e1 - flatter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
阿姨 

Medium Frequency

沙特阿拉伯 
迈阿密 (邁阿密)
阿们 (阿們)
阿伦 (阿倫)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
阿公 
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿司匹林 
阿哥 
阿妹 
阿姆斯特丹 
阿婆 
阿妈 (阿媽)
阿富汗 
阿布扎比 
阿弟 
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
阿斗 
阿根廷 
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
阿爸 
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿尔法 (阿爾法)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)
阿盟 
阿联酋 (阿聯酋)
阿胶 (阿膠)
阿兰 (阿蘭)
阿谀 (阿諛)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
阿里 
阿里山 
阿里巴巴 
阿门 (阿門)
阿飞 (阿飛)

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Meta:

  1. 坝 is the 2780th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba4 - dam/dike/embankment/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坝 (ba4): The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
大坝 (大壩)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)

Medium Frequency

堤坝 (堤壩)
平坝 (平壩)
水坝 (水壩)
沙坝 (沙壩)
溃坝 (潰壩)
葛洲坝 (葛洲壩)
阿坝 (阿壩)
阿坝州 (阿壩州)

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Meta:

  1. 州 is the 720th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 252 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou1 - prefecture/state (e.g. of US)/province (old)/administrative division (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 州 (zhou1): The component 州 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

广州 (廣州)
广州市 (廣州市)
德州 
杭州 
温州 (溫州)
福州 
苏州 (蘇州)
郑州 (鄭州)

Medium Frequency

九州 
亳州 
冀州 
加州 
化州 
台州 
台州市 
 
常州 
常州市 
徐州 
惠州 
惠州市 
扬州 (揚州)
抚州 (撫州)
杭州市 
杭州湾 (杭州灣)
柳州 
梅州 
梧州 
钦州 (欽州)
永州 
泉州 
泰州 
湖州 
温州市 (溫州市)
滁州 
沧州 (滄州)
漳州 
潮州 
济州岛 (濟州島)
滨州 (濱州)
泸州 (瀘州)
神州 
福州市 
自治州 
荆州 (荊州)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
兰州 (蘭州)
衢州 
贵州 (貴州)
贺州 (賀州)
赣州 (贛州)
通州 
达州 (達州)
郴州 
郑州市 (鄭州市)
锦州 (錦州)
雷州 
高州 

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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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