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  1. 大 is the 17th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 622 words.
  4. appears as a component in 374 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. da4 - big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest
  2. dai4 - see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 大 (da4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 大 (da4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 大 (dai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 大 (dai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
大吉 
大家 
大奖 (大獎)
大话骰 (大話骰)

Medium Frequency

一大早 
亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
人大 
伟大 (偉大)
加大 
加拿大 
北大 
博大 
哈哈大笑 
大不了 
大亨 
大人 
大伙 
大伯 
大佬 
大便 
大侠 (大俠)
大内 (大內)
大全 
大刀 
大力 
大半 
大叔 
大口 
大吃大喝 
大吉大利 
大同 
大哥 
大哥大 
大哭 
大唐 
大喜 
大地 
大型 
大堂 
大多 
大多数 (大多數)
大大 
大大小小 
大夫 
大姐 
大姨 
大姨妈 (大姨媽)
大娘 
大妈 (大媽)
大学 (大學)
大学生 (大學生)
大寒 
大宝 (大寶)
大小 
大山 
大巴 
大师 (大師)
大幅 
大厦 (大廈)
大厅 (大廳)
大怒 
大意 
大战 (大戰)
大户 (大戶)
大拇指 
大方 
大于 (大於)
大会 (大會)
大业 (大業)
大概 
大楼 (大樓)
大桥 (大橋)
大气 (大氣)
大洋 
大海 
大清早 
大润发 (大潤發)
大火 
大爷 (大爺)
大片 
大牌 
大王 
大理 
大众 (大眾)
大炮 (大砲)
大笑 
大米 
大约 (大約)
大红 (大紅)
大纲 (大綱)
大声 (大聲)
大腕 
大脑 (大腦)
大腿 
大胆 (大膽)
大自然 
大蒜 
大号 (大號)
大街 
大衣 
大规模 (大規模)
大豆 
大象 
大军 (大軍)
大连 (大連)
大运 (大運)
大道 
大选 (大選)
大部分 (大部份)
大都 
大量 
大门 (大門)
大陆 (大陸)
大队 (大隊)
大雨 
大雪 
大雾 (大霧)
大风 (大風)
大餐 
大驾 (大駕)
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
大龄 (大齡)
巨大 
师大 (師大)
广大 (廣大)
强大 (強大)
恍然大悟 
意大利 
扩大 (擴大)
放大 
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
火大 
百慕大 
盛大 
绝大多数 (絕大多數)
老大 
自大 
重大 
长大 (長大)
高大 
庞大 (龐大)

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  1. 势 is the 506th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), 丿 (bend), (N/A), (dot), (power/force)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - power/influence/potential/momentum/tendency/trend/situation/conditions/outward appearance/sign/gesture/male genitals

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 执 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 势 (shi4): The component 力 is pronounced as 'li4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

优势 (優勢)
 ()
势力 (勢力)
姿势 (姿勢)
强势 (強勢)
形势 (形勢)
气势 (氣勢)
走势 (走勢)
趋势 (趨勢)
运势 (運勢)

Medium Frequency

作势 (作勢)
伤势 (傷勢)
劣势 (劣勢)
势利 (勢利)
势利眼 (勢利眼)
势必 (勢必)
势头 (勢頭)
地势 (地勢)
局势 (局勢)
弱势 (弱勢)
得势 (得勢)
恶势力 (惡勢力)
态势 (態勢)
手势 (手勢)
攻势 (攻勢)
架势 (架勢)
权势 (權勢)
火势 (火勢)
声势 (聲勢)
蓄势待发 (蓄勢待發)
阵势 (陣勢)
顺势 (順勢)

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  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (door/house), (axe)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

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  1. 趋 is the 1484th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (run), (knife), (pig snout)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qu1 - to hasten/to hurry/to walk fast/to approach/to tend towards/to converge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 趋 (qu1): The component 刍 is pronounced as 'chu2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

趋势 (趨勢)

Medium Frequency

大势所趋 (大勢所趨)
日趋 (日趨)
 ()
趋之若鹜 (趨之若鶩)
趋向 (趨向)
趋于 (趨於)
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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