HanziCraft - Information on 一,如,既,往

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一

Previous (的)Next (是)

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一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
一 has 1 dictionary entry.
一 appears as a character in 433 words.
一 appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

一 => 一

Radical :

一 => 一 (one)

Graphical :

一 => 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

一呼百应 (一呼百應)

一时 (一時)

一会 (一會)

一会儿 (一會兒)

一样 (一樣)

一举 (一舉)

一辈子 (一輩子)

一边 (一邊)

一点 (一點)

一点点 (一點點)

周一 (週一)

如

Previous (学)Next (都)

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如 is the 67th most frequent character.
如 has 1 dictionary entry.
如 appears as a character in 129 words.
如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

如 => 女, 口

Radical :

如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

如来 (如來)

如愿 (如願)

犹如 (猶如)

万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:

恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

既

Previous (退)Next (衣)

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既 is the 723rd most frequent character.
既 has 1 dictionary entry.
既 appears as a character in 6 words.
既 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

既 => No glyph available, 旡

Radical :

既 => 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 旡 (have not)

Graphical :

既 => 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 一, 丨, ㇜, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

ji4 - already/since/both... (and...)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 既 (ji4): The component 旡 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

Appears In:

既 also appears in:

概慨溉暨厩穊鱀

往

Previous (议)Next (元)

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往 is the 369th most frequent character.
往 has 1 dictionary entry.
往 appears as a character in 41 words.
往 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

往 => 彳, 主

Radical :

往 => 彳 (step), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)

Graphical :

往 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

wang3 - to go (in a direction)/to/towards/(of a train) bound for/past/previous

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 往 (wang3): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
Pronunciation clue for 往 (wang3): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

向往 (嚮往)

往来 (往來)

往后 (往後)

过往 (過往)

开往 (開往)

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.