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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. 角 is the 735th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 32 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jue2 - surname Jue
  2. jiao3 - angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan/CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. jue2 - role (theater)/to compete/ancient three legged wine vessel/third note of pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jiao3): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 角 (jue2): The component 角 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

主角 
 
角度 
角色 
角落 

Medium Frequency

三角 
三角形 
三角洲 
八角 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
口角 
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
旺角 
死角 
海角 
墙角 (牆角)
牛角 
独角戏 (獨角戲)
眼角 
棱角 (稜角)
豆角 (荳角)
号角 (號角)
视角 (視角)
角膜 
角质 (角質)
角逐 
转角 (轉角)
配角 

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  1. 洲 is the 700th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou1 - continent/island

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 洲 (zhou1): The component 州 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

亚洲 (亞洲)
欧洲 (歐洲)
澳洲 
非洲 

Medium Frequency

三角洲 
五洲 
大洲 
株洲 
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
沙洲 
 
洲际 (洲際)
绿洲 (綠洲)
美洲 
非洲人 
香洲 
香洲区 (香洲區)
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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