1. 不
  2. 辞
  3. 而
  4. 别

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

辞

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Meta:

  1. 辞 is the 1467th most frequent character.
  2. 辞 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 辞 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 辞 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
辞 => 舌, 辛
Radical :
辞 => 舌 (tongue), 辛 (bitter)
Graphical :
辞 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 口, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci2 - to resign/to dismiss/to decline/to take leave/ballad (archaic poetic genre)/variant of 詞|词[ci2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

言辞 (言辭)
辞 (辭)
辞去 (辭去)
辞职 (辭職)

Medium Frequency

不辞而别 (不辭而別)
修辞 (修辭)
婉辞 (婉辭)
推辞 (推辭)
措辞 (措辭)
义不容辞 (義不容辭)
致辞 (致辭)
请辞 (請辭)
辞世 (辭世)
辞典 (辭典)
辞别 (辭別)
辞掉 (辭掉)
辞藻 (辭藻)
辞退 (辭退)

而

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Meta:

  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

别

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Meta:

  1. 别 is the 222nd most frequent character.
  2. 别 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 别 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 别 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
别 => 另, 刂
Radical :
别 => 口 (mouth), 力 (power/force), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
别 => 口, ㇆, 丿, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bie2 - surname Bie
  2. bie2 - to leave/to depart/to separate/to distinguish/to classify/other/another/do not/must not/to pin
  3. bie4 - to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

别 (別)
别人 (別人)
特别 (特別)

Medium Frequency

个别 (個別)
分别 (分別)
别墅 (別墅)
别的 (別的)
别致 (別緻)
别处 (別處)
别离 (別離)
区别 (區別)
告别 (告別)
差别 (差別)
别扭 (彆扭)
性别 (性別)
惜别 (惜別)
有别 (有別)
级别 (級別)
识别 (識別)
道别 (道別)
离别 (離別)

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别 also appears in:
捌莂
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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