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  1. 壽 is the 1613th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (scholar), (N/A), (work), (one), (mouth), (thumb)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , 𠂇, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shou4 - surname Shou
  2. shou4 - long life/old age/age/life/birthday/funerary

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壽 (shou4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 壽 (shou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寿司 (壽司)
寿命 (壽命)
寿星 (壽星)
长寿 (長壽)

Medium Frequency

寿光 (壽光)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
寿终正寝 (壽終正寢)
寿面 (壽麵)
延寿 (延壽)
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
祝寿 (祝壽)
高寿 (高壽)

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  1. 比 is the 199th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. appears as a component in 62 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (compare/compete)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bi3 - Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  2. bi3 - (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio
  3. bi4 - to associate with/to be near

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
比例 
比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比起 
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

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  1. 南 is the 307th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 260 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nan2 - surname Nan
  2. nan2 - south

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 南 (nan2): The component 干 is pronounced as 'gan4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Medium Frequency

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南瓜 
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南部 
南开 (南開)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
西南 
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)

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  1. 山 is the 259th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 457 words.
  4. appears as a component in 171 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mountain)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shan1 - surname Shan
  2. shan1 - mountain/hill/anything that resembles a mountain/CL:座[zuo4]/bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons/gable

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 山 (shan1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 山 (shan1): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中山 
人山人海 
佛山 
冰山 
唐山 
 
山东 (山東)
山顶 (山頂)
江山 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

上山 
中山市 
丹霞山 
九华山 (九華山)
乳山 
五指山 
井冈山 (井岡山)
亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
伏牛山 
佛山市 
保山 
出山 
北山 
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
台山 
台山市 
名山 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
大山 
天山 
孙中山 (孫中山)
富士山 
宝山 (寶山)
宝山区 (寶山區)
山上 
山丘 
山势 (山勢)
山区 (山區)
山口 
山地 
山坡 
山城 
山寨 
山寨机 (山寨機)
山峰 
山崖 
山峦 (山巒)
山村 
山东省 (山東省)
山楂 
山歌 
山水 
山水画 (山水畫)
山河 
山洞 
山洪 
山涧 (山澗)
山穷水尽 (山窮水盡)
山竹 
山羊 
山脉 (山脈)
山脚 (山腳)
山芋 
山庄 (山莊)
山药 (山藥)
山西 
山西省 
山谷 
山贼 (山賊)
山路 
山野 
山头 (山頭)
岳麓山 
峨眉山 
昆山 (崑山)
昆仑山 (崑崙山)
崂山 (嶗山)
巫山 
常山 
平山 
平顶山 (平頂山)
庐山 (廬山)
恒山 (恆山)
房山 
排山倒海 
文山 
普陀山 
东山 (東山)
梁山 
乐山 (樂山)
武夷山 
武当山 (武當山)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
泰山 
洪山区 (洪山區)
深山 
火山 
火焰山 
爬山 
玉山 
登山 
眉山 
石景山 
神山 
紫金山 
罗浮山 (羅浮山)
群山 
旧金山 (舊金山)
舟山 
舟山市 
花果山 
华山 (華山)
万水千山 (萬水千山)
苍山 (蒼山)
萧山 (蕭山)
萧山区 (蕭山區)
蓝山 (藍山)
衡山 
象山 
军令如山 (軍令如山)
过山车 (過山車)
金山 
釜山 
长白山 (長白山)
开山 (開山)
关山 (關山)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿里山 
阳山 (陽山)
雁荡山 (雁蕩山)
青城山 
青山 
靠山 
鞍山 
韶山 
香山 
马鞍山 (馬鞍山)
高山 
鹤山 (鶴山)
黄山 (黃山)
黑山 
龙山 (龍山)
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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