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  1. 除 is the 464th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (human), (dry), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu2 - to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

除了 
除夕 

Medium Frequency

删除 (刪除)
去除 
扫除 (掃除)
排除 
消除 
清除 
解除 
 
除去 
除外 
除非 

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Meta:

  1. 非 is the 283rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available
Radical :
=> (wrong)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei1 - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  2. fei1 - to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/(colloquial) to insist on/simply must

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 非 (fei1): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 
非常 

Medium Frequency

北非 
南非 
口是心非 
是非 
无非 (無非)
莫非 
除非 
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)
非凡 
非法 
非洲 
非要 
非诚勿扰 (非誠勿擾)
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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