1. 不
  2. 劳
  3. 而
  4. 获

不

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

劳

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Meta:

  1. 劳 is the 678th most frequent character.
  2. 劳 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 劳 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 劳 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
劳 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
劳 => 艹 (grass), 冖 (cover), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
劳 => 艹, 冖, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao2 - toil
  2. lao4 - to console

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao2): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

功劳 (功勞)
劳 (勞)
劳动 (勞動)
劳资 (勞資)
勤劳 (勤勞)
疲劳 (疲勞)
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Medium Frequency

不劳而获 (不勞而獲)
任劳任怨 (任勞任怨)
劳作 (勞作)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
劳力 (勞力)
劳力士 (勞力士)
劳动力 (勞動力)
劳动节 (勞動節)
劳动者 (勞動者)
劳工 (勞工)
劳心 (勞心)
劳斯莱斯 (勞斯萊斯)
劳模 (勞模)
劳碌 (勞碌)
劳累 (勞累)
劳苦 (勞苦)
劳逸 (勞逸)
劳顿 (勞頓)
徒劳 (徒勞)
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
慰劳 (慰勞)
操劳 (操勞)
效劳 (效勞)
犒劳 (犒勞)
耐劳 (耐勞)
举手之劳 (舉手之勞)
辛劳 (辛勞)
过劳 (過勞)

Appears In:

劳 also appears in:
捞唠涝崂痨耢铹

而

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

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

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

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

获

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Meta:

  1. 获 is the 687th most frequent character.
  2. 获 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 获 appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. 获 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
获 => 艹, 犾
Radical :
获 => 艹 (grass), 犭 (dog), 犬 (dog)
Graphical :
获 => 艹, ㇁, ㇒, 人, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. huo4 - to catch/to obtain/to capture
  2. huo4 - to reap/to harvest

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

收获 (收獲)
获取 (獲取)
获得 (獲得)

Medium Frequency

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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