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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

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

 

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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Meta:

  1. 歡 is the 684th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (N/A), (small bird), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. huan1 - joyous/happy/pleased

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 歡 (huan1): The component 雚 is pronounced as 'guan4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 歡 (huan1): The component 吅 is pronounced as 'xuan1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

喜欢 (喜歡)
欢迎 (歡迎)

Medium Frequency

欢喜 (歡喜)
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
欢庆 (歡慶)
欢乐 (歡樂)
欢欢喜喜 (歡歡喜喜)
欢笑 (歡笑)
狂欢 (狂歡)
联欢 (聯歡)

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𦉫
Radical :
=> (beard)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

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

 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

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Meta:

  1. 散 is the 864th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (grass), (one), (moon), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. san3 - leisurely/loosen/powdered medicine/to scatter/to come loose
  2. san4 - to break up (of couples)/to distribute/to let out/to fire or discharge (sb)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
散步 
散发 (散發)

Medium Frequency

不欢而散 (不歡而散)
不见不散 (不見不散)
分散 
吹散 
失散 
懒散 (懶散)
拆散 
扩散 (擴散)
散伙 
散布 (散佈)
散场 (散場)
散失 
散学 (散學)
散心 
散户 (散戶)
散打 
散播 
散散步 
散文 
散架 
散漫 
散热 (散熱)
散尽 (散盡)
散粉 
散落 
散装 (散裝)
散开 (散開)
消散 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
疏散 
发散 (發散)
聚散 
解散 
走散 
闲散 (閑散)
离散 (離散)
飘散 (飄散)
驱散 (驅散)
松散 (鬆散)

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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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