Meta:

  1. 以 is the 23rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 101 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (second), (dot), (human)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yi3 - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  2. yi3 - to use/according to/so as to/by means of/in order to/by/with/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 以 (yi3): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
以后 (以後)
可以 
所以 

Medium Frequency

之所以 
以上 
以下 
以来 (以來)
以前 
以及 
以外 
以往 
以为 (以為)
足以 
难以 (難以)

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Meta:

  1. 弗 is the 1255th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (bow), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu2 - not

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

克里斯托弗 
弗格森 
弗洛伊德 
弗洛姆 

Medium Frequency

以弗所书 (以弗所書)
杰弗逊 (傑弗遜)
埃弗顿 (埃弗頓)
 
弗吉尼亚 (弗吉尼亞)
弗吉尼亚州 (弗吉尼亞州)
弗拉基米尔 (弗拉基米爾)
弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
弗兰克 (弗蘭克)
弗兰西斯 (弗蘭西斯)
弗里曼 
弗雷 
西弗 

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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)

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Meta:

  1. 书 is the 282nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (line), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shu1 - abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
  2. shu1 - book/letter/document/CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]/to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
 ()
书写 (書寫)
看书 (看書)
读书 (讀書)

Medium Frequency

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书包 (書包)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书店 (書店)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书记 (書記)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
白皮书 (白皮書)
秘书 (秘書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
遗书 (遺書)
电子书 (電子書)
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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