1. 加
  2. 勒
  3. 比
  4. 海

加

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Meta:

  1. 加 is the 166th most frequent character.
  2. 加 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 加 appears as a character in 162 words.
  4. 加 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
加 => 力, 口
Radical :
加 => 力 (power/force), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
加 => ㇆, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jia1 - abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]
  2. jia1 - to add/plus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

加 
加入 
加油 
参加 (參加)
增加 
更加 

Medium Frequency

加上 
加以 
加倍 
加大 
加州 
加工 
加强 (加強)
加快 
加拿大 
加油站 
加深 
加热 (加熱)
加班 
加盟 
加薪 
加号 (加號)
加速 
加重 
加点 (加點)
外加 
新加坡 
添加 
芝加哥 

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加 also appears in:
架驾贺咖迦伽茄枷袈痂珈跏笳哿賀駕鴐

勒

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Meta:

  1. 勒 is the 964th most frequent character.
  2. 勒 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 勒 appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. 勒 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
勒 => 革, 力
Radical :
勒 => 革 (leather), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
勒 => 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 一, 丨, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. le4 - to rein in/to compel/to force/to carve/to engrave/(literary) to command/to lead/lux (unit of illumination)/(literary) bridle
  2. lei1 - to strap tightly/to bind

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 勒 (le4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 勒 (le4): The component 革 is pronounced as 'ge2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 勒 (lei1): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

加勒比海 
勒 
勾勒 
泰勒 
费德勒 (費德勒)
马勒 (馬勒)

Medium Frequency

克莱斯勒 (克萊斯勒)
列宁格勒 (列寧格勒)
加勒比 
勒令 
勒死 
勒索 
勒紧 (勒緊)
巴勒斯坦 
希特勒 
库尔勒 (庫爾勒)
弥勒 (彌勒)
弥勒佛 (彌勒佛)
悬崖勒马 (懸崖勒馬)
洛克菲勒 
罗勒 (羅勒)
那不勒斯 
阿勒泰 

Appears In:

勒 also appears in:
嘞鳓簕

比

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  1. 比 is the 199th most frequent character.
  2. 比 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 比 appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. 比 appears as a component in 62 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
比 => 匕
Radical :
比 => 比 (compare/compete)
Graphical :
比 => 比

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bi3 - Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  2. bi3 - (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio
  3. bi4 - to associate with/to be near

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

比 

Medium Frequency

好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
比例 
比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比起 
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

Appears In:

比 also appears in:
比批毕混皆昆鹿棍屁谐毙陛庇毗楷揩偕琵琨馄锟锴砒跸毖吡纰枇哔鲲绲辊蚍彘妣醌秕階荜舭筚芘狴喈纔龤仳粊酁鹍镵蜌稭裩鑱緄蒈粃蜫諧輥窤

海

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Meta:

  1. 海 is the 189th most frequent character.
  2. 海 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 海 appears as a character in 302 words.
  4. 海 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
海 => 氵, 每
Radical :
海 => 氵 (water), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 母 (do not)
Graphical :
海 => ⺀, ㇀, 丿, 一, ㇗, ㇆, ⺀, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hai3 - surname Hai
  2. hai3 - ocean/sea/CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上海 
大海 
海 
海南 
海洋 
海量 
海鲜 (海鮮)

Medium Frequency

上海市 
上海话 (上海話)
下海 
中南海 
人山人海 
人海 
什刹海 (什剎海)
出海 
刘海 (劉海)
加勒比海 
北海 
北海道 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
地中海 
威海 
宁海 (寧海)
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
排山倒海 
东海 (東海)
沿海 
法海 
洱海 
海上 
海信 
海南岛 (海南島)
海参 (海參)
海口 
海啸 (海嘯)
海域 
海报 (海報)
海外 
海宁 (海寧)
海岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
海岛 (海島)
海峡 (海峽)
海带 (海帶)
海底 
海拔 
海星 
海景 
海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
海归 (海歸)
海水 
海浪 
海港 
海淀 (海澱)
海淀区 (海澱區)
海滨 (海濱)
海滩 (海灘)
海湾 (海灣)
海尔 (海爾)
海珠 
海珠区 (海珠區)
海盗 (海盜)
海绵 (海綿)
海航 
海苔 
海藻 
海螺 
海里 (海裡)
海角 
海丰 (海豐)
海豚 
海豹 
海贼 (海賊)
海军 (海軍)
海选 (海選)
海边 (海邊)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
海关 (海關)
海陆 (海陸)
海面 
海风 (海風)
海鸥 (海鷗)
海龟 (海龜)
深海 
渤海 
澄海 
滨海 (濱海)
珠海 
珠海市 
福如东海 (福如東海)
翻江倒海 
脑海 (腦海)
航海 
苦海 
青海 

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海 also appears in:
嗨
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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