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

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (one)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. 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

 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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  1. 尘 is the 1716th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen2 - dust/dirt/earth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尘世 (塵世)
尘埃 (塵埃)
灰尘 (灰塵)
红尘 (紅塵)

Medium Frequency

一尘不染 (一塵不染)
凡尘 (凡塵)
前尘 (前塵)
吸尘器 (吸塵器)
尘土 (塵土)
尘封 (塵封)
后尘 (後塵)
望尘莫及 (望塵莫及)
烟尘 (煙塵)
粉尘 (粉塵)
除尘 (除塵)
风尘 (風塵)
风尘仆仆 (風塵僕僕)

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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Meta:

  1. 染 is the 1139th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 氿,
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran3 - to dye/to catch (a disease)/to acquire (bad habits etc)/to contaminate/to add colour washes to a painting

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

感染 
 
污染 

Medium Frequency

一尘不染 (一塵不染)
传染 (傳染)
传染病 (傳染病)
感染力 
晕染 (暈染)
染上 
染色 
染发 (染髮)
沾染 
渲染 
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.