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  1. 事 is the 58th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 218 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (ten), (mouth), (line), (brush), (hook)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - matter/thing/item/work/affair/CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 事 (shi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 事 (shi4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
事情 
故事 

Medium Frequency

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事实 (事實)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业 (事業)
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
同事 
喜事 
回事 
坏事 (壞事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
没事 (沒事)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
糗事 
万事 (萬事)
万事如意 (萬事如意)
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)

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Meta:

  1. 务 is the 245th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (go), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu4 - affair/business/matter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

任务 (任務)
服务 (服務)

Medium Frequency

乘务员 (乘務員)
事务 (事務)
事务所 (事務所)
债务 (債務)
公务 (公務)
公务员 (公務員)
务实 (務實)
务必 (務必)
商务 (商務)
商务部 (商務部)
国务院 (國務院)
家务 (家務)
常务 (常務)
服务员 (服務員)
服务器 (服務器)
服务业 (服務業)
服务生 (服務生)
业务 (業務)
税务 (稅務)
义务 (義務)
职务 (職務)
财务 (財務)

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (door/house), (axe)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , 丿, , ,

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)
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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