1. 剑
  2. 拔
  3. 弩
  4. 张

剑

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  1. 剑 is the 867th most frequent character.
  2. 剑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 剑 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 剑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
剑 => 佥, 刂
Radical :
剑 => 人 (human), 一 (one), ⺍ (small), 一 (one), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
剑 => 人, 一, ⺍, 一, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - double-edged sword/CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]/classifier for blows of a sword

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 剑 (jian4): The component 佥 is pronounced as 'qian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剑 (劍)

Medium Frequency

剑客 (劍客)
剑桥 (劍橋)

拔

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  1. 拔 is the 1500th most frequent character.
  2. 拔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拔 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 拔 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
拔 => 扌, 犮
Radical :
拔 => 扌 (hand), 𠂇 (left hand), 丶 (dot), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
拔 => 亅, 二, 𠂇, 丶, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba2 - to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand out (above level)/to surpass/to seize

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 拔 (ba2): The component 犮 is pronounced as 'ba2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海拔 
自拔 

Medium Frequency

出类拔萃 (出類拔萃)
坚韧不拔 (堅韌不拔)
拔 
拔掉 
拔毛 
拔河 
拔火罐 
拔牙 
拔丝 (拔絲)
拔罐 
拔除 
挺拔 
提拔 
选拔 (選拔)

Appears In:

拔 also appears in:
菝

弩

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  1. 弩 is the 3464th most frequent character.
  2. 弩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 弩 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 弩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
弩 => 奴, 弓
Radical :
弩 => 女 (woman), 又 (right hand), 弓 (bow)
Graphical :
弩 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇇, ㇏, 匚, ㇉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nu3 - cross-bow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 弩 (nu3): The component 奴 is pronounced as 'nu2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 弩 (nu3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 弩 (nu3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張)

Medium Frequency

弓弩 
强弩之末 (強弩之末)

张

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  1. 张 is the 318th most frequent character.
  2. 张 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 张 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 张 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
张 => 弓, 长
Radical :
张 => 弓 (bow), 长 (long/grow)
Graphical :
张 => 匚, ㇉, 乚, 冫, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhang1 - surname Zhang
  2. zhang1 - to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'chang2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'zhang3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

张 (張)
紧张 (緊張)

Medium Frequency

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张学友 (張學友)
张家界 (張家界)
张居正 (張居正)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
慌张 (慌張)
扩张 (擴張)
夸张 (誇張)
开张 (開張)

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张 also appears in:
涨
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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