Meta:

  1. 雨 is the 926th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. appears as a component in 93 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu3 - rain/CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
  2. yu4 - to rain/(of rain, snow etc) to fall/to precipitate/to wet

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu3): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu3): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu4): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 雨 (yu4): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下雨 
 

Medium Frequency

冒雨 
大雨 
小雨 
春雨 
暴雨 
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
流星雨 
淋雨 
烟雨 (煙雨)
细雨 (細雨)
阵雨 (陣雨)
雨伞 (雨傘)
雨天 
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雨季 
雨林 
雨水 
风雨 (風雨)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)

#Back to top

Meta:

  1. 后 is the 48th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𠮛
Radical :
=> (cliff), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hou4 - surname Hou
  2. hou4 - empress/queen
  3. hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 后 (hou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
 
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后悔 (後悔)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
皇后 
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

Appears In:

also appears in:

#Back to top

Meta:

  1. 春 is the 919th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𡗗,
Radical :
=> (one), (two), (line), (eight/divide), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chun1 - surname Chun
  2. chun1 - spring (time)/gay/joyful/youthful/love/lust/life

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 春 (chun1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新春 
 
春节 (春節)
春运 (春運)
青春 

Medium Frequency

春光 
春天 
春季 
春秋 
春联 (春聯)
春雨 
长春 (長春)
青春期 

Appears In:

also appears in:

#Back to top

Meta:

  1. 笋 is the 3449th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (pig snout), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sun3 - bamboo shoot

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 笋 (sun3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

莴笋 (萵筍)
芦笋 (蘆筍)

Medium Frequency

竹笋 (竹筍)
雨后春笋 (雨後春筍)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.