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  1. 南 is the 307th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 260 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (ten), (upside down box), (eight/divide), (dry)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nan2 - surname Nan
  2. nan2 - south

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Medium Frequency

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南瓜 
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南部 
南开 (南開)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
西南 
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)

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  1. 柯 is the 1900th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (one), (hook), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ke1 - surname Ke
  2. ke1 - handle of ax/stem

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 柯 (ke1): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 柯 (ke1): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 柯 (ke1): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
柯达 (柯達)

Medium Frequency

南柯一梦 (南柯一夢)

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  1. 一 is the 2nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 433 words.
  4. appears as a component in 68 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (one)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi1 - one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 一 (yi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
一下 
一起 

Medium Frequency

一一 
一下子 
一些 
一切 
一半 
一同 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一大早 
一如既往 
一定 
一手 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一样 (一樣)
一生 
一直 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一点 (一點)
一点点 (一點點)
之一 
初一 
唯一 
在一起 
第一 
周一 (週一)

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  1. 夢 is the 863rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (grass), (net), (cover), (evening/unset)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. meng4 - dream/CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 夢 (meng4): The component 冖 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
梦想 (夢想)

Medium Frequency

做梦 (做夢)
噩梦 (噩夢)
梦境 (夢境)
梦幻 (夢幻)
梦见 (夢見)
梦游 (夢遊)
恶梦 (惡夢)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
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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