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  1. 商 is the 402nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 109 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shang1 - the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
  2. shang1 - commerce/to consult/quotient/2nd note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

商务 (商務)
商品 
商城 
商场 (商場)
商业 (商業)
情商 
智商 

Medium Frequency

代理商 
供应商 (供應商)
券商 
协商 (協商)
台商 
 
商丘 
商人 
商务部 (商務部)
商报 (商報)
商女 
商学院 (商學院)
商家 
商店 
商户 (商戶)
商会 (商會)
商业化 (商業化)
商标 (商標)
商机 (商機)
商界 
商铺 (商舖)
商贸 (商貿)
商量 
奸商 
工商 
厂商 (廠商)
批发商 (批發商)
招商 
经商 (經商)
经销商 (經銷商)
制造商 (製造商)
运营商 (運營商)
开发商 (開發商)

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  1. 业 is the 130th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (eight/divide), (one)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ye4 - surname Ye
  2. ye4 - line of business/industry/occupation/job/employment/school studies/enterprise/property/(Buddhism) karma/deed/to engage in/already

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 业 (ye4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

事业 (事業)
企业 (企業)
作业 (作業)
创业 (創業)
商业 (商業)
专业 (專業)
业务 (業務)
毕业 (畢業)
职业 (職業)
行业 (行業)

Medium Frequency

不务正业 (不務正業)
事业心 (事業心)
事业有成 (事業有成)
企业家 (企業家)
伟业 (偉業)
兢兢业业 (兢兢業業)
制造业 (制造業)
创业者 (創業者)
商业化 (商業化)
大业 (大業)
失业 (失業)
学业 (學業)
学业有成 (學業有成)
实业 (實業)
专业户 (專業戶)
就业 (就業)
工业 (工業)
从业 (從業)
敬业 (敬業)
服务业 (服務業)
 ()
业主 (業主)
业界 (業界)
业绩 (業績)
业余 (業餘)
歇业 (歇業)
渔业 (漁業)
营业 (營業)
营业员 (營業員)
物业 (物業)
产业 (產業)
产业链 (產業鏈)
毕业生 (畢業生)
置业 (置業)
职业病 (職業病)
兴业 (興業)
农业 (農業)
农业部 (農業部)
银行业 (銀行業)
开业 (開業)

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  1. 化 is the 178th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 299 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (spoon)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hua1 - variant of 花
  2. hua4 - to make into/to change into/-ization/to ... -ize/to transform/abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

化妆 (化妝)
化妆品 (化妝品)
化学 (化學)
化解 
化身 
孵化 
强化 (強化)
文化 
消化 
美化 
变化 (變化)

Medium Frequency

一体化 (一體化)
中石化 
二氧化硅 
二氧化碳 
信息化 
个性化 (個性化)
催化剂 (催化劑)
僵化 
优化 (優化)
光天化日 
全球化 
出神入化 
分化 
 
化作 
化合物 
化州 
化工 
化痰 
化疗 (化療)
化石 
化纤 (化纖)
化肥 
化验 (化驗)
千变万化 (千變萬化)
同化 
商业化 (商業化)
国际化 (國際化)
城市化 
多元化 
多样化 (多樣化)
奉化 
女性化 
工业化 (工業化)
市场化 (市場化)
幻化 
从化 (從化)
情绪化 (情緒化)
恶化 (惡化)
感化 
怀化 (懷化)
戏剧化 (戲劇化)
抗氧化剂 (抗氧化劑)
数字化 (數字化)
格式化 
标准化 (標準化)
机械化 (機械化)
氧化 
消化不良 
消化道 
液化 
淡化 
净化 (淨化)
深化 
溶化 
演化 
汉化 (漢化)
潜移默化 (潛移默化)
火化 
炼化 (煉化)
现代化 (現代化)
理想化 
生化 
石化 
硬化 
社会化 (社會化)
简化 (簡化)
简单化 (簡單化)
绿化 (綠化)
老化 
老龄化 (老齡化)
肝硬化 
腐化 
自动化 (自動化)
融化 
复杂化 (複雜化)
软化 (軟化)
转化 (轉化)
退化 
造化 
进化 (進化)
进化论 (進化論)
量化 
风化 (風化)

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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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