1. 休
  2. 止
  3. 符

休

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  1. 休 is the 1080th most frequent character.
  2. 休 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 休 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 休 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
休 => 亻, 木
Radical :
休 => 亻 (human), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
休 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiu1 - surname Xiu
  2. xiu1 - to rest/to stop doing sth for a period of time/to cease/(imperative) don't

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

休息 

Medium Frequency

休 
休假 
休闲 (休閒)
午休 
退休 

Appears In:

休 also appears in:
咻庥鸺髹貅銝

止

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  1. 止 is the 596th most frequent character.
  2. 止 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 止 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 止 appears as a component in 103 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
止 => ⺊, 丄
Radical :
止 => 止 (stop)
Graphical :
止 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - to stop/to prohibit/until/only

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 止 (zhi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

停止 
止 
为止 (為止)
禁止 
防止 
阻止 

Medium Frequency

不止 
制止 
截止 
止咳 
止境 
止步 
止痛 
止血 
终止 (終止)
举止 (舉止)
观止 (觀止)
适可而止 (適可而止)
静止 (靜止)

Appears In:

止 also appears in:
些此正政步证整企武止征肯嘴延涉症御频紫赋齿惩址柴诞歧扯耻怔歪雌斌卸焉涩濒趾啃徙嫣鹉蜒涎筵罡疵夔芷祉龇蔫髭颦砦鄢呲陟眦赀骘訾屣頻赟阯蘋贇钲埏茈跐賦齒頉鱥綖禦眥蓰觜顪蜑莚胔駳鋋讈誕藶鯅貲碔籞鴜衘蘌硟穢証鐬飺踄齜

符

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  1. 符 is the 1203rd most frequent character.
  2. 符 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 符 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 符 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
符 => ⺮, 付
Radical :
符 => ⺮ (bamboo), 亻 (human), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
符 => ⺮, ㇒, 丨, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fu2 - surname Fu
  2. fu2 - mark/sign/talisman/to seal/to correspond to/tally/symbol/written charm/to coincide

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 符 (fu2): The component 付 is pronounced as 'fu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

符合 
符号 (符號)

Medium Frequency

休止符 
字符 
相符 
符 
护身符 (護身符)
音符 
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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