Meta:

  1. 什 is the 156th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)/assorted/miscellaneous
  2. shen2 - what

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shen2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 什 (shen2): The component 亻 is pronounced as 'ren2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

什么 (什麼)
为什么 (為什麼)

Medium Frequency

干什么 (幹甚麼)
没什么 (沒什麼)
什么样 (甚麼樣)

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Meta:

  1. 剎 is the 2244th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𣏂,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (tree), (dot), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cha4 - Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅, Sanskrit ksetra)
  2. sha1 - to brake

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

刹车 (剎車)
刹那 (剎那)

Medium Frequency

什刹海 (什剎海)
古刹 (古剎)
急刹车 (急剎車)
罗刹 (羅剎)

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Meta:

  1. 海 is the 189th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 302 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (one), (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hai3 - surname Hai
  2. hai3 - ocean/sea/CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上海 
大海 
 
海南 
海洋 
海量 
海鲜 (海鮮)

Medium Frequency

上海市 
上海话 (上海話)
下海 
中南海 
人山人海 
人海 
什刹海 (什剎海)
出海 
刘海 (劉海)
加勒比海 
北海 
北海道 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
地中海 
威海 
宁海 (寧海)
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
排山倒海 
东海 (東海)
沿海 
法海 
洱海 
海上 
海信 
海南岛 (海南島)
海参 (海參)
海口 
海啸 (海嘯)
海域 
海报 (海報)
海外 
海宁 (海寧)
海岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
海岛 (海島)
海峡 (海峽)
海带 (海帶)
海底 
海拔 
海星 
海景 
海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
海归 (海歸)
海水 
海浪 
海港 
海淀 (海澱)
海淀区 (海澱區)
海滨 (海濱)
海滩 (海灘)
海湾 (海灣)
海尔 (海爾)
海珠 
海珠区 (海珠區)
海盗 (海盜)
海绵 (海綿)
海航 
海苔 
海藻 
海螺 
海里 (海裡)
海角 
海丰 (海豐)
海豚 
海豹 
海贼 (海賊)
海军 (海軍)
海选 (海選)
海边 (海邊)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
海关 (海關)
海陆 (海陸)
海面 
海风 (海風)
海鸥 (海鷗)
海龟 (海龜)
深海 
渤海 
澄海 
滨海 (濱海)
珠海 
珠海市 
福如东海 (福如東海)
翻江倒海 
脑海 (腦海)
航海 
苦海 
青海 

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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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