1. 不
  2. 可
  3. 开
  4. 交

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)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

可

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Meta:

  1. 可 is the 30th most frequent character.
  2. 可 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 可 appears as a character in 155 words.
  4. 可 appears as a component in 25 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
可 => 丁, 口
Radical :
可 => 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
可 => 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) certainly/very
  2. ke4 - see 可汗[ke4 han2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 可 (ke4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

可 
可以 
可是 
可能 

Medium Frequency

可怕 
可悲 
可惜 
可恶 (可惡)
可爱 (可愛)
可怜 (可憐)
可乐 (可樂)
宁可 (寧可)
无懈可击 (無懈可擊)

Appears In:

可 also appears in:
何阿奇河哥呵柯苛珂诃轲坷舸岢疴哿蚵鲄砢钶袔竒跒軻魺

开

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Meta:

  1. 开 is the 94th most frequent character.
  2. 开 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 开 appears as a character in 279 words.
  4. 开 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
开 => 一, 廾
Radical :
开 => 一 (one), 廾 (N/A)
Graphical :
开 => 一, 廾

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kai1 - to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打开 (打開)
开 (開)
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)

Appears In:

开 also appears in:
并形研刑邢妍開笄趼钘蚈訮岍

交

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Meta:

  1. 交 is the 320th most frequent character.
  2. 交 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 交 appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. 交 appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

交 
交友 
交往 
交易 
交流 
交通 
公交 
公交车 (公交車)
成交 
社交 

Medium Frequency

上交 
不可开交 (不可開交)
交付 
交代 
交出 
交加 
交汇 (交匯)
交卷 
交叉 
交大 
交待 
交情 
交接 
交换 (交換)
交易所 
交易日 
交替 
交界 
交给 (交給)
交织 (交織)
交融 
交谈 (交談)
交警 
交配 
交锋 (交鋒)
交钱 (交錢)
交错 (交錯)
交际 (交際)
交集 
交响 (交響)
交响曲 (交響曲)
外交 
外交部 
心力交瘁 
打交道 
提交 
百感交集 
相交 
立交桥 (立交橋)
结交 (結交)
绝交 (絕交)
至交 

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交 also appears in:
较效校咬胶郊狡绞蛟饺跤佼皎铰姣較鲛茭駮窔筊骹餃詨絞鵁
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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