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  1. 四 is the 226th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (enclosure), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si4 - four/4

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

十四 
四分之一 
四十 
四十多 
四周 
四季 
四射 
四川 
四月 
四处 (四處)
大四 
新四军 (新四軍)
星期四 
周四 (週四)

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  1. 川 is the 1107th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. appears as a component in 53 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan1 - river/creek/plain/an area of level country/abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 川 (chuan1): The component 川 is pronounced as 'chuan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

四川 
 

Medium Frequency

一马平川 (一馬平川)
仁川 
冰川 
利川 
北川 
南川 
合川 
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
周小川 
四川省 
宜川 
崇川区 (崇川區)
川剧 (川劇)
川沙 
川流不息 
川菜 
川西 
平川 
东川 (東川)
永川 
汶川 
河川 
银川 (銀川)
铜川 (銅川)
陆川 (陸川)
龙川 (龍川)

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  1. 省 is the 665th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small), 丿 (bend), (eye)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sheng3 - to save/to economize/to do without/to omit/to leave out/province/CL:個|个[ge4]
  2. xing3 - introspection/to examine oneself critically/awareness/to visit (an elderly relative)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 省 (sheng3): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 省 (sheng3): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 省 (xing3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
节省 (節省)

Medium Frequency

反省 
吉林省 
四川省 
安徽省 
山东省 (山東省)
山西省 
广东省 (廣東省)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
江西省 
河北省 
河南省 
浙江省 
湖北省 
湖南省 
省事 
省份 
省去 
省城 
省委 
省得 
省心 
省会 (省會)
省略 
省级 (省級)
省长 (省長)
省电 (省電)
福建省 
自省 
辽宁省 (遼寧省)
陕西省 (陝西省)
云南省 (雲南省)
黑龙江省 (黑龍江省)
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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