1. 冠
  2. 冕
  3. 堂
  4. 皇

冠

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  1. 冠 is the 1711th most frequent character.
  2. 冠 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 冠 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 冠 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
冠 => 冖, 㝴
Radical :
冠 => 冖 (cover), 二 (two), 儿 (legs), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
冠 => 冖, 二, 丿, 乚, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Guan4 - surname Guan
  2. guan1 - hat/crown/crest/cap
  3. guan4 - to put on a hat/to be first/to dub

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

冠军 (冠軍)
皇冠 
衣冠 

Medium Frequency

冠 
冠冕堂皇 
冠军赛 (冠軍賽)
夺冠 (奪冠)
王冠 
陈冠希 (陳冠希)

Appears In:

冠 also appears in:
蒄

冕

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  1. 冕 is the 3450th most frequent character.
  2. 冕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 冕 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 冕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
冕 => 冃, 免
Radical :
冕 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), ⺈ (knife), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 乚 (second)
Graphical :
冕 => 冂, 二, ⺈, 口, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian3 - crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations symbolizing the emperor of China/imperial crown/corona (e.g. solar)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 冕 (mian3): The component 冃 is pronounced as 'mao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 冕 (mian3): The component 免 is pronounced as 'mian3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卫冕 (衛冕)

Medium Frequency

冠冕堂皇 
加冕 

堂

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  1. 堂 is the 978th most frequent character.
  2. 堂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 堂 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 堂 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
堂 => No glyph available, 土
Radical :
堂 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
堂 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tang2 - (main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc/CL:間|间[jian1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 堂 (tang2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天堂 

Medium Frequency

同堂 
堂 
堂哥 
堂妹 
堂姐 
堂弟 
大堂 
学堂 (學堂)
厅堂 (廳堂)
教堂 
欢聚一堂 (歡聚一堂)
殿堂 
满堂 (滿堂)
澡堂 
祠堂 
礼堂 (禮堂)
课堂 (課堂)
食堂 
饭堂 (飯堂)
齐聚一堂 (齊聚一堂)

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堂 also appears in:
膛瞠螳蹚樘镗鼞闛鞺

皇

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  1. 皇 is the 758th most frequent character.
  2. 皇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 皇 appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. 皇 appears as a component in 14 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
皇 => 白, 王
Radical :
皇 => 白 (white), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
皇 => 口, 一, ㇒, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Huang2 - emperor/surname Huang

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

女皇 
皇 
皇冠 
皇后 
皇帝 
皇马 (皇馬)

Medium Frequency

冠冕堂皇 
天皇 
玉皇大帝 
皇上 
皇子 
皇室 
皇宫 (皇宮)
皇家 
秦始皇 
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)

Appears In:

皇 also appears in:
煌惶凰蝗徨隍湟遑篁鳇锽鰉艎葟
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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