1. 周
  2. 而
  3. 复
  4. 始

周

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  1. 周 is the 490th most frequent character.
  2. 周 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 周 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 周 appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
周 => 田, 口
Radical :
周 => 田 (field), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
周 => 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhou1 - surname Zhou/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
  2. zhou1 - to make a circuit/to circle/circle/circumference/lap/cycle/complete/all/all over/thorough/to help financially
  3. zhou1 - week/weekly/variant of 周[zhou1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 周 (zhou1): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 周 (zhou1): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

周 
周围 (周圍)
周边 (周邊)
周末 (週末)

Medium Frequency

周杰伦 (周傑倫)
周易 
周岁 (周歲)
周渝民 
周瑜 
周身 
周遭 
四周 
周一 (週一)
周三 (週三)
周二 (週二)
周五 (週五)
周六 (週六)
周刊 (週刊)
周到 (週到)
周四 (週四)
周年 (週年)
周日 (週日)
周期 (週期)

Appears In:

周 also appears in:
调雕绸稠碉凋惆倜調啁鲷鵰週赒蜩裯輖鯛翢

而

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Meta:

  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

复

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Meta:

  1. 复 is the 426th most frequent character.
  2. 复 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 复 appears as a character in 94 words.
  4. 复 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
复 => 𠂉, No glyph available
Radical :
复 => 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
复 => 丿, 一, 口, 一, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu4 - to go and return/to return/to resume/to return to a normal or original state/to repeat/again/to recover/to restore/to turn over/to reply/to answer/to reply to a letter/to retaliate/to carry out
  2. fu4 - to repeat/to double/to overlap/complex (not simple)/compound/composite/double/diplo-/duplicate/overlapping/to duplicate
  3. fu4 - variant of 復|复[fu4]/to reply to a letter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

修复 (修復)
回复 (回復)
复古 (復古)
复习 (復習)
恢复 (恢復)
复杂 (複雜)
重复 (重複)

Medium Frequency

反反复复 (反反復復)
反复 (反復)
报复 (報復)
失而复得 (失而復得)
平复 (平復)
康复 (康復)
复 (復)
复仇 (復仇)
复出 (復出)
复原 (復原)
复合 (復合)
复旦 (復旦)
复查 (復查)
复活 (復活)
复苏 (復甦)
复发 (復發)
复兴 (復興)
复读 (復讀)
收复 (收復)
日复一日 (日復一日)
李开复 (李開復)
答复 (答復)
复印 (複印)
复印件 (複印件)
复制 (複製)
周而复始 (週而復始)

Appears In:

复 also appears in:
腹蝮愎馥複鳆鍑

始

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Meta:

  1. 始 is the 381st most frequent character.
  2. 始 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 始 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 始 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
始 => 女, 台
Radical :
始 => 女 (woman), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
始 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to begin/to start/then/only then

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 始 (shi3): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

开始 (開始)

Medium Frequency

原始 
始终 (始終)
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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