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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), 丿 (bend), (one), (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , ,

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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  1. 道 is the 52nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 222 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (head)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao4 - direction/way/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō)/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)
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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