1. 壁
  2. 壘
  3. 森
  4. 嚴

壁

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  1. 壁 is the 1378th most frequent character.
  2. 壁 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壁 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 壁 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壁 => 辟, 土
Radical :
壁 => 尸 (corpse), 口 (mouth), 辛 (bitter), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
壁 => 丨, 匚, 口, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - wall/rampart

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壁 (bi4): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 壁 (bi4): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'pi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 壁 (bi4): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

壁 
壁纸 (壁紙)
赤壁 
隔壁 

Medium Frequency

壁画 (壁畫)
壁虎 
戈壁 
墙壁 (牆壁)
面壁 

壘

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  1. 壘 is the 2412th most frequent character.
  2. 壘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壘 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 壘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lei3 - rampart/base (in baseball)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壘 (lei3): The component 畾 is pronounced as 'lei2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

全垒打 (全壘打)
堡垒 (堡壘)
壁垒 (壁壘)

Medium Frequency

块垒 (塊壘)
壁垒森严 (壁壘森嚴)
垒球 (壘球)
垒砌 (壘砌)
对垒 (對壘)

森

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  1. 森 is the 1027th most frequent character.
  2. 森 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 森 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 森 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
森 => 木
Radical :
森 => 森 (N/A)
Graphical :
森 => 森

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sen1 - forest

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 森 (sen1): The component 森 is pronounced as 'sen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

森林 

Medium Frequency

弗格森 
森 
森森 
卢森堡 (盧森堡)
阴森 (陰森)
黑森林 

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森 also appears in:
森

嚴

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  1. 嚴 is the 545th most frequent character.
  2. 嚴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 嚴 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 嚴 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚴 => 吅, 𠪚
Radical :
嚴 => 吅 (N/A), 厂 (cliff), No glyph available, 耳 (ear), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
嚴 => 吅, 厂, 匚, 二, 丨, 二, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe/father

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚴 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

严寒 (嚴寒)
严肃 (嚴肅)
严重 (嚴重)
尊严 (尊嚴)

Medium Frequency

严 (嚴)
严冬 (嚴冬)
严厉 (嚴厲)
严严实实 (嚴嚴實實)
严实 (嚴實)
严峻 (嚴峻)
严惩 (嚴懲)
严查 (嚴查)
严格 (嚴格)
严禁 (嚴禁)
严谨 (嚴謹)
威严 (威嚴)
庄严 (莊嚴)

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嚴 also appears in:
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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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