HanziCraft - Information on 一,目,了,然

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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)

目

Previous (受)Next (太)

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目 is the 239th most frequent character.
目 has 1 dictionary entry.
目 appears as a character in 103 words.
目 appears as a component in 232 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

目 => 口, 二

Radical :

目 => 目 (eye)

Graphical :

目 => 口, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

mu4 - eye/item/section/list/catalogue/table of contents/order (taxonomy)/goal/name/title

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 目 (mu4): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

目标 (目標)

节目 (節目)

项目 (項目)

Medium Frequency

夺目 (奪目)

数目 (數目)

栏目 (欄目)

漫无目的 (漫無目的)

目中无人 (目中無人)

目测 (目測)

目录 (目錄)

瞩目 (矚目)

触目惊心 (觸目驚心)

题目 (題目)

了

Previous (不)Next (在)

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了 is the 5th most frequent character.
了 has 3 dictionary entries.
了 appears as a character in 37 words.
了 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

了 => ㇇, 亅

Radical :

了 => ㇇ (N/A), 亅 (hook)

Graphical :

了 => ㇇, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

le5 - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action marker)
liao3 - to finish/to achieve/to understand
liao3 - (of eyes) bright/clear-sighted/to understand clearly

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

为了 (為了)

Appears In:

了 also appears in:

子疗辽亨钌孓

然

Previous (所)Next (家)

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然 is the 55th most frequent character.
然 has 1 dictionary entry.
然 appears as a character in 153 words.
然 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

然 => 肰, 灬

Radical :

然 => 月 (moon), 犬 (dog), 灬 (fire)

Graphical :

然 => 冂, 二, 人, 一, 丶, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

然后 (然後)

虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

理所当然 (理所當然)

当然 (當然)

突然间 (突然間)

释然 (釋然)

顺其自然 (順其自然)

显然 (顯然)

Appears In:

然 also appears in:

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.