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

Decomposition:

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

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)

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  1. 方 is the 60th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 86 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (square/raft)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fang1 - surname Fang
  2. fang1 - square/power or involution (mathematics)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 方 (fang1): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
 
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Medium Frequency

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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  1. 夜 is the 664th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (lid), (human), (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye4 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
夜间 (夜間)

Medium Frequency

今夜 
午夜 
半夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜店 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
黑夜 

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Meta:

  1. 譚 is the 2140th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (speech), 西 (west), (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿, , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - variant of 談|谈[tan2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 譚 (tan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谭咏麟 (譚詠麟)

Medium Frequency

天方夜谭 (天方夜譚)
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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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