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  1. 九 is the 445th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. appears as a component in 20 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 丿,
Radical :
=> 丿 (bend), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu3 - nine/9

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
马英九 (馬英九)

Medium Frequency

一言九鼎 
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九月 
九江 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
十九 

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  1. 寨 is the 2308th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhai4 - stronghold/stockade/camp/village

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

山寨 

Medium Frequency

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
安营扎寨 (安營紮寨)
山寨机 (山寨機)
柬埔寨 

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Meta:

  1. 沟 is the 1608th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (wrap), (private)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gou1 - ditch/gutter/groove/gully/ravine/CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沟 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沟 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
沟通 (溝通)

Medium Frequency

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
乳沟 (乳溝)
代沟 (代溝)
水沟 (水溝)
沟壑 (溝壑)
沟渠 (溝渠)
鸿沟 (鴻溝)
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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