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  1. 三 is the 125th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. San1 - surname San
  2. san1 - three/3

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)

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  1. 十 is the 112th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 560 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - ten/10

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 十 (shi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三十 
 
十二 
十分 

Medium Frequency

七十 
二十 
二十多 
五十 
八十 
六十 
十一 
十七 
十三 
十九 
十二月 
十五 
十全十美 
十八 
十六 
十四 
十字 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十几 (十幾)
十月 
十万 (十萬)
十足 
四十 
年三十 

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  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𦉫
Radical :
=> (beard)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

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  1. 立 is the 197th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 113 words.
  4. appears as a component in 114 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Li4 - surname Li
  2. li4 - to stand/to set up/to establish/to lay down/to draw up/at once/immediately

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 立 (li4): The component 立 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建立 
独立 (獨立)
立刻 
立即 
立场 (立場)
立马 (立馬)

Medium Frequency

三十而立 
中立 
伫立 (佇立)
倒立 
创立 (創立)
周立波 
坐立不安 
孤立 
对立 (對立)
屹立 
爱立信 (愛立信)
成立 
树立 (樹立)
特立独行 (特立獨行)
直立 
矗立 
确立 (確立)
 
立交桥 (立交橋)
立志 
立方 
立春 
立案 
立法 
立足 
立体 (立體)
站立 
自立 
设立 (設立)
起立 
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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