1. 元
  2. 宵
  3. 節

元

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  1. 元 is the 370th most frequent character.
  2. 元 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 元 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 元 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
元 => 二, 儿
Radical :
元 => 二 (two), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
元 => 二, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yuan2 - surname Yuan/the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
  2. yuan2 - Chinese monetary unit/dollar/primary/first

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元 

Medium Frequency

元宵 
元宵节 (元宵節)
元宝 (元寶)
元旦 
元月 
元气 (元氣)
元素 
公元 
次元 
欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
美元 

Appears In:

元 also appears in:
完远园玩顽阮沅鼋芫朊鈨翫蚖黿貦笎

宵

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Meta:

  1. 宵 is the 3125th most frequent character.
  2. 宵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 宵 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 宵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
宵 => 宀, 肖
Radical :
宵 => 宀 (roof), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
宵 => 冖, 丶, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 宵 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

通宵 

Medium Frequency

元宵 
夜宵 
宵夜 

節

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Meta:

  1. 節 is the 514th most frequent character.
  2. 節 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 節 appears as a character in 122 words.
  4. 節 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
節 => ⺮, 即
Radical :
節 => ⺮ (bamboo), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 卩 (seal)
Graphical :
節 => ⺮, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丨, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie2 - festival/holiday/node/joint/section/segment/part/to economize/to save/to abridge/moral integrity/classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 節 (jie2): The component 即 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 節 (jie2): The component 彐 is pronounced as 'ji4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 節 (jie2): The component 卩 is pronounced as 'jie2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

情人节 (情人節)
春节 (春節)
节 (節)
节日 (節日)
节目 (節目)

Medium Frequency

佳节 (佳節)
元宵节 (元宵節)
光棍节 (光棍節)
季节 (季節)
情节 (情節)
时节 (時節)
环节 (環節)
节俭 (節儉)
节制 (節制)
节奏 (節奏)
节操 (節操)
节气 (節氣)
节省 (節省)
节节 (節節)
节约 (節約)
节能 (節能)
节食 (節食)
细节 (細節)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)
调节 (調節)
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
过节 (過節)
关节 (關節)
电影节 (電影節)
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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