1. 坐
  2. 井
  3. 观
  4. 天

坐

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Meta:

  1. 坐 is the 611th most frequent character.
  2. 坐 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 坐 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 坐 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坐 => 土, 从
Radical :
坐 => 土 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
坐 => 一, 丨, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo4 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo4 - to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/variant of 座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坐 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坐 

Medium Frequency

乘坐 
坐下 
坐立不安 
坐车 (坐車)

Appears In:

坐 also appears in:
座挫唑锉痤矬脞髽睉

井

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Meta:

  1. 井 is the 1429th most frequent character.
  2. 井 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 井 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 井 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
井 => No glyph available, 二
Radical :
井 => No glyph available, 二 (two)
Graphical :
井 => 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jing3 - Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Jing
  2. jing3 - a well/CL:口[kou3]/neat/orderly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

井 
王府井 

Medium Frequency

井井有条 (井井有條)
井口 
井喷 (井噴)
井冈山 (井岡山)
井底之蛙 
井然 
井然有序 
坐井观天 (坐井觀天)
天井 
市井 
水井 
深井 
背井离乡 (背井離鄉)
落井下石 
龙井 (龍井)
龙井茶 (龍井茶)

Appears In:

井 also appears in:
进讲曲耕阱肼穽

观

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Meta:

  1. 观 is the 334th most frequent character.
  2. 观 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 观 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 观 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
观 => 又, 见
Radical :
观 => 又 (right hand), 见 (see)
Graphical :
观 => ㇇, ㇏, 冂, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Guan4 - surname Guan
  2. guan1 - to look at/to watch/to observe/to behold/to advise/concept/point of view
  3. guan4 - Taoist monastery/palace gate watchtower/platform

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

参观 (參觀)
围观 (圍觀)
乐观 (樂觀)
观察 (觀察)
观念 (觀念)
观看 (觀看)
观众 (觀眾)
观音 (觀音)
观点 (觀點)

Medium Frequency

世界观 (世界觀)
主观 (主觀)
价值观 (價值觀)
可观 (可觀)
壮观 (壯觀)
外观 (外觀)
奇观 (奇觀)
宏观 (宏觀)
客观 (客觀)
审美观 (審美觀)
微观 (微觀)
悲观 (悲觀)
改观 (改觀)
旁观 (旁觀)
旁观者 (旁觀者)
景观 (景觀)
直观 (直觀)
美观 (美觀)
观 (觀)
观世音 (觀世音)
观光 (觀光)
观后感 (觀後感)
观摩 (觀摩)
观望 (觀望)
观止 (觀止)
观火 (觀火)
观赏 (觀賞)
达观 (達觀)

天

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Meta:

  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. 天 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 天 appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. 天 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
天 => 一, 大
Radical :
天 => 一 (one), 大 (big)
Graphical :
天 => 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
天 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

Appears In:

天 also appears in:
关吴奏吞蚕昊癸忝祆龑
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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