1. 三
  2. 顾
  3. 茅
  4. 庐

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

顾

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Meta:

  1. 顾 is the 813th most frequent character.
  2. 顾 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 顾 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 顾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
顾 => 厄, 页
Radical :
顾 => 厂 (cliff), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A), 页 (leaf)
Graphical :
顾 => 厂, 乚, ㇆, 一, 丿, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gu4 - surname Gu
  2. gu4 - to look after/to take into consideration/to attend to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回顾 (回顧)
照顾 (照顧)
顾 (顧)
顾客 (顧客)

Medium Frequency

不屑一顾 (不屑一顧)
不顾 (不顧)
光顾 (光顧)
兼顾 (兼顧)
只顾 (只顧)
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)
眷顾 (眷顧)
义无反顾 (義無反顧)
顾及 (顧及)
顾问 (顧問)
顾忌 (顧忌)
顾虑 (顧慮)

茅

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Meta:

  1. 茅 is the 2334th most frequent character.
  2. 茅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 茅 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 茅 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
茅 => 艹, 矛
Radical :
茅 => 艹 (grass), 矛 (spear)
Graphical :
茅 => 艹, 龴, ㇖, 亅, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mao2 - surname Mao
  2. mao2 - reeds/rushes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 矛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
茅台 (茅臺)

Medium Frequency

三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
名列前茅 
思茅 
茅塞顿开 (茅塞頓開)
茅屋 
茅房 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
香茅 

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茅 also appears in:
鶜

庐

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Meta:

  1. 庐 is the 2921st most frequent character.
  2. 庐 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 庐 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 庐 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
庐 => 广, 户
Radical :
庐 => 广 (house on cliff), 户 (door/house)
Graphical :
庐 => 厂, 丶, 丨, 匚, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu2 - hut

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 庐 (lu2): The component 户 is pronounced as 'hu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
庐山 (廬山)

Medium Frequency

三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
庐江 (廬江)
桐庐 (桐廬)
茅庐 (茅廬)
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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