1. 不
  2. 知
  3. 所
  4. 云

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

知

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Meta:

  1. 知 is the 123rd most frequent character.
  2. 知 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 知 appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. 知 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
知 => 矢, 口
Radical :
知 => 矢 (arrow), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
知 => 丿, 一, 人, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - to know/to be aware

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 知 (zhi1): The component 矢 is pronounced as 'shi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知 
知道 

Medium Frequency

不为人知 (不為人知)
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
告知 
得知 
明知 
未知 
无知 (無知)
知名 
知己 
知心 
知情 
知识 (知識)
知足 
通知 

Appears In:

知 also appears in:
智痴蜘踟聟鼅

所

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Meta:

  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. 所 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 所 appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. 所 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
所 => 戶, 斤
Radical :
所 => 戶 (door/house), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
所 => 丿, ㇒, 匚, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

所 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

云

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Meta:

  1. 云 is the 691st most frequent character.
  2. 云 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 云 appears as a character in 96 words.
  4. 云 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
云 => 二, 厶
Radical :
云 => 二 (two), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
云 => 二, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yun2 - (classical) to say
  2. Yun2 - surname Yun/abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
  3. yun2 - cloud/CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

云 
多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Medium Frequency

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
刘青云 (劉青雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
连云港 (連雲港)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)

Appears In:

云 also appears in:
会动运层魂尝坛芸酝耘纭昙雲転眃
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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