1. 中
  2. 流
  3. 砥
  4. 柱

中

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  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. 中 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 中 appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. 中 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
中 => 口, 丨
Radical :
中 => 口 (mouth), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
中 => 口, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

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中 also appears in:
种史冲钟虫忠仲肿串衷忡盅舯翀鈡

流

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  1. 流 is the 396th most frequent character.
  2. 流 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 流 appears as a character in 183 words.
  4. 流 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
流 => 氵, 㐬
Radical :
流 => 氵 (water), 亠 (lid), 厶 (private), 儿 (legs), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
流 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丶, ㇛, 丶, 丿, 乚, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu2 - to flow/to disseminate/to circulate or spread/to move or drift/to degenerate/to banish or send into exile/stream of water or sth resembling one/class, rate or grade

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 流 (liu2): The component 㐬 is pronounced as 'liu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

交流 
流 
流星 
流星雨 
流氓 
流浪 
流泪 (流淚)
流行 
流量 
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
潮流 
风流 (風流)

Medium Frequency

一流 
上流 
下流 
主流 
人流 
倒流 
回流 
横流 (橫流)
水流 
河流 
流干 (流乾)
流传 (流傳)
流入 
流出 
流利 
流动 (流動)
流动性 (流動性)
流失 
流年 
流感 
流畅 (流暢)
流水 
流汗 
流淌 
流产 (流產)
流程 
流落 
流苏 (流蘇)
流血 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
流转 (流轉)
流通 
流逝 
流连 (流連)
流离 (流離)
流露 
流鼻涕 
漂流 
物流 
痛哭流涕 
直流 
细水长流 (細水長流)
血流 
车流 (車流)
轮流 (輪流)
逆流 
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
双流 (雙流)
电流 (電流)
头破血流 (頭破血流)

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流 also appears in:
鎏

砥

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Meta:

  1. 砥 is the 4154th most frequent character.
  2. 砥 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 砥 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 砥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
砥 => 石, 氐
Radical :
砥 => 石 (stone), 氏 (clan), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
砥 => 一, 丿, 口, ㇒, ㇗, ㇂, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. di3 - baffle (pier)/whetstone

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 石 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 石 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  7. Pronunciation clue for 砥 (di3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

中流砥柱 

柱

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Meta:

  1. 柱 is the 1689th most frequent character.
  2. 柱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 柱 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 柱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
柱 => 木, 主
Radical :
柱 => 木 (tree), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
柱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - pillar/CL:根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 柱 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

支柱 
柱 

Medium Frequency

冰柱 
圆柱形 (圓柱形)
柱子 
水柱 
灯柱 (燈柱)
石柱 
脊柱 
门柱 (門柱)
顶梁柱 (頂梁柱)
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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