1. 坐
  2. 立
  3. 不
  4. 安

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

立

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Meta:

  1. 立 is the 197th most frequent character.
  2. 立 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 立 appears as a character in 113 words.
  4. 立 appears as a component in 114 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
立 => 亠, 䒑
Radical :
立 => 立 (stand erect)
Graphical :
立 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Li4 - surname Li
  2. li4 - to stand/to set up/to establish/to lay down/to draw up/at once/immediately

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 立 (li4): The component 立 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建立 
独立 (獨立)
立刻 
立即 
立场 (立場)
立马 (立馬)

Medium Frequency

三十而立 
中立 
伫立 (佇立)
倒立 
创立 (創立)
周立波 
坐立不安 
孤立 
对立 (對立)
屹立 
爱立信 (愛立信)
成立 
树立 (樹立)
特立独行 (特立獨行)
直立 
矗立 
确立 (確立)
立 
立交桥 (立交橋)
立志 
立方 
立春 
立案 
立法 
立足 
立体 (立體)
站立 
自立 
设立 (設立)
起立 

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立 also appears in:
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不

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Meta:

  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

安

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Meta:

  1. 安 is the 232nd most frequent character.
  2. 安 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 安 appears as a character in 322 words.
  4. 安 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
安 => 宀, 女
Radical :
安 => 宀 (roof), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
安 => 冖, 丶, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. An1 - surname An
  2. an1 - content/calm/still/quiet/safe/secure/in good health/to find a place for/to install/to fix/to fit/to bring (a charge against sb)/to pacify/security/safety/peace/ampere

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

安全 
安慰 
安静 (安靜)
平安 
早安 
晚安 

Medium Frequency

不安 
保安 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
午安 
坐立不安 
天安门 (天安門)
安 
安全带 (安全帶)
安全感 
安分 
安好 
安妮 
安娜 
安定 
安家 
安宁 (安寧)
安康 
安徽 
安心 
安息 
安排 
安抚 (安撫)
安放 
安于 (安於)
安东尼 (安東尼)
安乐 (安樂)
安检 (安檢)
安然 
安眠 
安眠药 (安眠藥)
安神 
安稳 (安穩)
安装 (安裝)
安详 (安詳)
安逸 
宝安 (寶安)
平安夜 
延安 
心安理得 
治安 
西安 
长安 (長安)
随遇而安 (隨遇而安)

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安 also appears in:
案按氨鞍胺晏铵桉鮟頞鴳
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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