Meta:

  1. 吉 is the 854th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (scholar), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji2 - surname Ji/abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
  2. ji2 - lucky/giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吉 (ji2): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

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Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𪜋,
Radical :
=> (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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Meta:

  1. 岛 is the 796th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (N/A), (dot), (dot), (mountain)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - island/CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 岛 (dao3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
 ()
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
青岛 (青島)

Medium Frequency

仙岛 (仙島)
冰岛 (冰島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
广岛 (廣島)
海南岛 (海南島)
海岛 (海島)
港岛 (港島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
环岛 (環島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
群岛 (群島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
青岛市 (青島市)
黄岛 (黃島)

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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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