1. 不
  2. 卑
  3. 不
  4. 亢

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

卑

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Meta:

  1. 卑 is the 2055th most frequent character.
  2. 卑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 卑 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 卑 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
卑 => No glyph available, 十
Radical :
卑 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丶 (dot), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
卑 => 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei1 - low/base/vulgar/inferior/humble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卑微 
自卑 

Medium Frequency

不卑不亢 
卑劣 
卑贱 (卑賤)
卑鄙 
谦卑 (謙卑)
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)

Appears In:

卑 also appears in:
牌碑脾啤婢俾裨颦稗鼙捭睥髀萆鹎蜱郫埤陴禆聛貏庳粺綼

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

亢

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Meta:

  1. 亢 is the 3262nd most frequent character.
  2. 亢 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 亢 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 亢 appears as a component in 18 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
亢 => 亠, 几
Radical :
亢 => 亠 (lid), 几 (table)
Graphical :
亢 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Kang4 - surname Kang/Kang, one of the 28 constellations
  2. kang4 - high/overbearing/excessive

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

亢奋 (亢奮)

Medium Frequency

不卑不亢 
甲亢 
高亢 

Appears In:

亢 also appears in:
抗航坑杭炕吭肮闶伉钪沆颃骯鈧蚢秔迒笐
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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