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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.
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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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Meta:

  1. 掷 is the 2609th 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 :
=> (hand), (eight/divide), (one), (big), (town)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - to toss/to throw dice/Taiwan pr. [zhi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 掷 (zhi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

孤注一掷 (孤注一擲)

Medium Frequency

一掷千金 (一擲千金)
投掷 (投擲)

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  1. 千 is the 599th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian1 - thousand
  2. qian1 - a swing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 
千万 (千萬)

Medium Frequency

千亿 (千億)
千千万万 (千千萬萬)
千古 
千年 
千方百计 (千方百計)
千疮百孔 (千瘡百孔)
千言万语 (千言萬語)
千军万马 (千軍萬馬)
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
千金 
几千 (幾千)
成千上万 (成千上萬)
万千 (萬千)
万水千山 (萬水千山)
秋千 (鞦韆)

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Meta:

  1. 金 is the 260th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 259 words.
  4. appears as a component in 492 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jin1 - surname Jin/surname Kim (Korean)/Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
  2. jin1 - gold/chemical element Au/generic term for lustrous and ductile metals/money/golden/highly respected/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 金 (jin1): The component 金 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
 
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Medium Frequency

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
基金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
白金 
租金 
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金刚 (金剛)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)

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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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