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  1. 伯 is the 819th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba4 - variant of 霸
  2. bai3 - one hundred (old)
  3. bo2 - father's elder brother/senior/paternal elder uncle/eldest of brothers/respectful form of address/Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 伯 (ba4): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 伯 (bai3): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 伯 (bo2): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
伯伯 
伯爵 
大伯 
阿拉伯 

Medium Frequency

亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
伯克利 
伯利恒 (伯利恆)
伯南克 
伯恩 
伯明翰 
伯乐 (伯樂)
伯母 
伯父 
伯尔尼 (伯爾尼)
叔伯 
唐伯虎 
嘉士伯 
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
斯皮尔伯格 (斯皮爾伯格)
沙特阿拉伯 
罗伯特 (羅伯特)
罗伯逊 (羅伯遜)
老伯 
老伯伯 
肖伯纳 (肖伯納)
萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
西伯利亚 (西伯利亞)
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿尔伯特 (阿爾伯特)
韦伯 (韋伯)

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Meta:

  1. 明 is the 121st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sun/day), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ming2 - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. ming2 - bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明天 
明星 
明白 

Medium Frequency

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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Meta:

  1. 翰 is the 1878th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (ten), (sun/day), (ten), (human), (feather)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Han4 - surname Han
  2. han4 - writing brush/writing/pen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

伯明翰 
约翰 (約翰)
约翰逊 (約翰遜)

Medium Frequency

棒约翰 (棒約翰)
约翰一书 (約翰一書)
约翰内斯堡 (約翰內斯堡)
约翰福音 (約翰福音)
翰林 
圣约翰 (聖約翰)

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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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