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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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  1. 爾 is the 220th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 254 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𤓯, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (one), (line), (eight/divide), (turban/scarf), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er3 - thus/so/like that/you/thou

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

偶尔 (偶爾)
凯尔特人 (凱爾特人)
哈尔滨 (哈爾濱)
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
爱尔兰 (愛爾蘭)
摩尔 (摩爾)
沃尔玛 (沃爾瑪)
福尔摩斯 (福爾摩斯)
华尔街 (華爾街)
达尔文 (達爾文)
首尔 (首爾)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)

Medium Frequency

不过尔尔 (不過爾爾)
丘吉尔 (丘吉爾)
丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
伊戈尔 (伊戈爾)
伊斯坦布尔 (伊斯坦布爾)
伏尔泰 (伏爾泰)
伯尔尼 (伯爾尼)
凡尔赛 (凡爾賽)
出尔反尔 (出爾反爾)
切尔西 (切爾西)
切尔诺贝利 (切爾諾貝利)
加尔各答 (加爾各答)
博尔赫斯 (博爾赫斯)
博尔顿 (博爾頓)
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
卡尔 (卡爾)
厄瓜多尔 (厄瓜多爾)
呼伦贝尔 (呼倫貝爾)
哈尔滨市 (哈爾濱市)
喀布尔 (喀布爾)
基尔 (基爾)
塔尔寺 (塔爾寺)
塞内加尔 (塞內加爾)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
奥尔良 (奧爾良)
威尔士 (威爾士)
威尔逊 (威爾遜)
安吉尔 (安吉爾)
安道尔 (安道爾)
密尔沃基 (密爾沃基)
尼泊尔 (尼泊爾)
巴塞尔 (巴塞爾)
巴尔干 (巴爾干)
巴尔扎克 (巴爾扎克)
巴尔的摩 (巴爾的摩)
布尔津 (布爾津)
布莱尔 (布萊爾)
布鲁塞尔 (布魯塞爾)
希尔 (希爾)
希尔顿 (希爾頓)
库尔勒 (庫爾勒)
恩格尔 (恩格爾)
爱尔兰人 (愛爾蘭人)
戈尔 (戈爾)
戈尔巴乔夫 (戈爾巴喬夫)
戴尔 (戴爾)
托尔斯泰 (托爾斯泰)
拉斐尔 (拉斐爾)
撒切尔 (撒切爾)
斯德哥尔摩 (斯德哥爾摩)
斯皮尔伯格 (斯皮爾伯格)
杜塞尔多夫 (杜塞爾多夫)
查尔斯 (查爾斯)
格尔木 (格爾木)
森海塞尔 (森海塞爾)
比尔 (比爾)
沃尔沃 (沃爾沃)
波尔多 (波爾多)
泰戈尔 (泰戈爾)
海拉尔 (海拉爾)
海尔 (海爾)
温文尔雅 (溫文爾雅)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
 ()
尔后 (爾後)
尔虞我诈 (爾虞我詐)
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
皮埃尔 (皮埃爾)
福尔 (福爾)
科尔 (科爾)
科尔沁 (科爾沁)
第纳尔 (第納爾)
米歇尔 (米歇爾)
纽卡斯尔 (紐卡斯爾)
索尔 (索爾)
维吉尔 (維吉爾)
维吾尔 (維吾爾)
维吾尔族 (維吾爾族)
罗纳尔多 (羅納爾多)
英特尔 (英特爾)
荷尔蒙 (荷爾蒙)
莞尔 (莞爾)
华尔兹 (華爾茲)
蒙特利尔 (蒙特利爾)
萨尔 (薩爾)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
诺贝尔 (諾貝爾)
贝尔 (貝爾)
赫尔 (赫爾)
赫尔曼 (赫爾曼)
赫尔辛基 (赫爾辛基)
车尔尼雪夫斯基 (車爾尼雪夫斯基)
达喀尔 (達喀爾)
迈克尔 (邁克爾)
鄂尔多斯 (鄂爾多斯)
里尔 (里爾)
阿尔伯特 (阿爾伯特)
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿尔卡特 (阿爾卡特)
阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞)
阿尔山 (阿爾山)
阿尔巴尼亚 (阿爾巴尼亞)
阿尔法 (阿爾法)
阿尔萨斯 (阿爾薩斯)
霍尔木兹 (霍爾木茲)
马歇尔 (馬歇爾)
高尔基 (高爾基)
高尔夫球 (高爾夫球)
黑格尔 (黑格爾)
默克尔 (默克爾)
齐齐哈尔 (齊齊哈爾)
齐齐哈尔市 (齊齊哈爾市)

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  1. 茨 is the 1933rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (ice), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci2 - Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)/to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 次 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Medium Frequency

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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  1. 海 is the 189th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 302 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (one), (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hai3 - surname Hai
  2. hai3 - ocean/sea/CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上海 
大海 
 
海南 
海洋 
海量 
海鲜 (海鮮)

Medium Frequency

上海市 
上海话 (上海話)
下海 
中南海 
人山人海 
人海 
什刹海 (什剎海)
出海 
刘海 (劉海)
加勒比海 
北海 
北海道 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
地中海 
威海 
宁海 (寧海)
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
排山倒海 
东海 (東海)
沿海 
法海 
洱海 
海上 
海信 
海南岛 (海南島)
海参 (海參)
海口 
海啸 (海嘯)
海域 
海报 (海報)
海外 
海宁 (海寧)
海岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
海岛 (海島)
海峡 (海峽)
海带 (海帶)
海底 
海拔 
海星 
海景 
海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
海归 (海歸)
海水 
海浪 
海港 
海淀 (海澱)
海淀区 (海澱區)
海滨 (海濱)
海滩 (海灘)
海湾 (海灣)
海尔 (海爾)
海珠 
海珠区 (海珠區)
海盗 (海盜)
海绵 (海綿)
海航 
海苔 
海藻 
海螺 
海里 (海裡)
海角 
海丰 (海豐)
海豚 
海豹 
海贼 (海賊)
海军 (海軍)
海选 (海選)
海边 (海邊)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
海关 (海關)
海陆 (海陸)
海面 
海风 (海風)
海鸥 (海鷗)
海龟 (海龜)
深海 
渤海 
澄海 
滨海 (濱海)
珠海 
珠海市 
福如东海 (福如東海)
翻江倒海 
脑海 (腦海)
航海 
苦海 
青海 

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  1. 默 is the 1029th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (black), (dog)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mo4 - silent/to write from memory

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

幽默 
沉默 
默默 

Medium Frequency

幽默感 
默契 
默念 
默然 
默认 (默認)

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  1. 氏 is the 1498th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 33 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (clan)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - clan name/maiden name
  2. zhi1 - see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (shi4): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (shi4): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (zhi1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (zhi1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

人氏 
姓氏 
摄氏 (攝氏)
摄氏度 (攝氏度)
李氏 
氏族 
无名氏 (無名氏)
卢氏 (盧氏)
罗氏 (羅氏)
华氏 (華氏)
里氏 

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  1. 症 is the 1256th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sickness), (one), (stop)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng4 - disease/illness
  2. zheng1 - abdominal tumor
  3. zheng4 - variant of 症[zheng4]/disease/illness

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 正 is pronounced as 'zheng4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  7. Pronunciation clue for 症 (zheng1): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

强迫症 (強迫症)
后遗症 (後遺症)
恐惧症 (恐懼症)
症状 (症狀)
癌症 
综合症 (綜合症)

Medium Frequency

不孕症 
并发症 (併發症)
健忘症 
多动症 (多動症)
夜盲症 
失忆症 (失憶症)
孤独症 (孤獨症)
对症 (對症)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
尿毒症 
忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
抑郁症 (抑鬱症)
炎症 
焦虑症 (焦慮症)
疑难杂症 (疑難雜症)
病症 
 
症候群 
痴呆症 
症结 (癥結)
绝症 (絕症)
肥胖症 
自闭症 (自閉症)
重症 
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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