1. 万
  2. 紫
  3. 千
  4. 红

万

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  1. 万 is the 322nd most frequent character.
  2. 万 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 万 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 万 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
万 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
万 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), ㇆ (N/A)
Graphical :
万 => 一, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mo4 - see 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
  2. Wan4 - surname Wan
  3. wan4 - ten thousand/a great number

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

万 
千万 (千萬)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Medium Frequency

亿万 (億萬)
十万 (十萬)
千言万语 (千言萬語)
千军万马 (千軍萬馬)
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
百万 (百萬)
百万富翁 (百萬富翁)
万一 (萬一)
万丈 (萬丈)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
万分 (萬分)
万千 (萬千)
万恶 (萬惡)
万历 (萬曆)
万物 (萬物)
万能 (萬能)
万般 (萬般)
万万 (萬萬)
万象 (萬象)

Appears In:

万 also appears in:
成厉迈趸虿劢疠

紫

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  1. 紫 is the 1644th most frequent character.
  2. 紫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紫 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 紫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紫 => 此, 糸
Radical :
紫 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紫 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi3 - purple/violet/amethyst/Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)/Japanese: murasaki

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 此 is pronounced as 'ci3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紫 
紫外线 (紫外線)
紫色 

Medium Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
紫禁城 
紫红色 (紫紅色)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
紫荆 (紫荊)
紫菜 
紫薇 
紫金 
紫金山 
紫阳 (紫陽)
万紫千红 (萬紫千紅)

千

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

Decomposition:

Once :
千 => ㇒, 十
Radical :
千 => ㇒ (N/A), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
千 => ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian1 - thousand
  2. qian1 - a swing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

千 
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)

Appears In:

千 also appears in:
重迁歼舌纤乖忏阡仟芊扦钎臿

红

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  1. 红 is the 502nd most frequent character.
  2. 红 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 红 appears as a character in 165 words.
  4. 红 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
红 => 纟, 工
Radical :
红 => 纟 (silk), 工 (work)
Graphical :
红 => ㇛, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hong2 - surname Hong
  2. hong2 - red/popular/revolutionary/bonus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 红 (hong2): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大红 (大紅)
红 (紅)
红包 (紅包)
红色 (紅色)

Medium Frequency

分红 (分紅)
口红 (口紅)
姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
火红 (火紅)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
当红 (當紅)
发红 (發紅)
眼红 (眼紅)
粉红 (粉紅)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
红尘 (紅塵)
红妆 (紅妝)
红彤彤 (紅彤彤)
红心 (紅心)
红旗 (紅旗)
红星 (紅星)
红枣 (紅棗)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
红毯 (紅毯)
红润 (紅潤)
红火 (紅火)
红灯 (紅燈)
红烧 (紅燒)
红牌 (紅牌)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红糖 (紅糖)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
红肿 (紅腫)
红花 (紅花)
红茶 (紅茶)
红薯 (紅薯)
红豆 (紅豆)
红军 (紅軍)
红运 (紅運)
红颜 (紅顏)
腮红 (腮紅)
脸红 (臉紅)
西红柿 (西紅柿)
走红 (走紅)
通红 (通紅)
开门红 (開門紅)
鲜红 (鮮紅)

Appears In:

红 also appears in:
荭
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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