1. 三
  2. 姑
  3. 六
  4. 婆

三

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

Decomposition:

Once :
三 => 一, 二
Radical :
三 => 一 (one), 二 (two)
Graphical :
三 => 一, 二

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

三 

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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三 also appears in:
承兰丰叁仨闫

姑

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  1. 姑 is the 992nd most frequent character.
  2. 姑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 姑 appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. 姑 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
姑 => 女, 古
Radical :
姑 => 女 (woman), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
姑 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu1 - paternal aunt/husband's sister/husband's mother (old)/nun/for the time being (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姑娘 

Medium Frequency

大姑 
姑 
姑姑 
姑妈 (姑媽)
灰姑娘 

Appears In:

姑 also appears in:
菇

六

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  1. 六 is the 478th most frequent character.
  2. 六 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 六 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 六 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
六 => 亠, 八
Radical :
六 => 亠 (lid), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
六 => 一, 丶, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu4 - six/6

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

六 

Medium Frequency

三十六计 (三十六計)
三姑六婆 
五颜六色 (五顏六色)
六十 
六月 
十六 
星期六 
第六感 
周六 (週六)

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六 also appears in:
交兖袞

婆

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  1. 婆 is the 1345th most frequent character.
  2. 婆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 婆 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 婆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
婆 => 波, 女
Radical :
婆 => 氵 (water), 皮 (skin), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
婆 => ⺀, ㇀, 丿, ㇆, 丨, ㇇, ㇏, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. po2 - grandmother/matron/mother-in-law

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 婆 (po2): The component 波 is pronounced as 'bo1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 婆 (po2): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老婆 

Medium Frequency

公婆 
外婆 
婆婆 
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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