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  1. 举 is the 586th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 63 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (small), (one), (eight/divide), (two), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju3 - to lift/to hold up/to cite/to enumerate/to act/to raise/to choose/to elect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 举 (ju3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一举 (一舉)
举手 (舉手)
举行 (舉行)
举办 (舉辦)
选举 (選舉)

Medium Frequency

一举一动 (一舉一動)
创举 (創舉)
壮举 (壯舉)
 ()
举例 (舉例)
举动 (舉動)
举国 (舉國)
举报 (舉報)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
举措 (舉措)
举杯 (舉杯)
举棋不定 (舉棋不定)
举止 (舉止)
举起 (舉起)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)

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  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𪜋,
Radical :
=> (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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Meta:

  1. 劳 is the 678th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (grass), (cover), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao2 - toil
  2. lao4 - to console

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao2): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 劳 (lao4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

功劳 (功勞)
 ()
劳动 (勞動)
劳资 (勞資)
勤劳 (勤勞)
疲劳 (疲勞)
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Medium Frequency

不劳而获 (不勞而獲)
任劳任怨 (任勞任怨)
劳作 (勞作)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
劳力 (勞力)
劳力士 (勞力士)
劳动力 (勞動力)
劳动节 (勞動節)
劳动者 (勞動者)
劳工 (勞工)
劳心 (勞心)
劳斯莱斯 (勞斯萊斯)
劳模 (勞模)
劳碌 (勞碌)
劳累 (勞累)
劳苦 (勞苦)
劳逸 (勞逸)
劳顿 (勞頓)
徒劳 (徒勞)
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
慰劳 (慰勞)
操劳 (操勞)
效劳 (效勞)
犒劳 (犒勞)
耐劳 (耐勞)
举手之劳 (舉手之勞)
辛劳 (辛勞)
过劳 (過勞)

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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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