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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. 旋 is the 1381st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (square/raft), 丿 (bend), (one), (bolt of cloth)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xuan2 - to revolve/a loop/a circle
  2. xuan4 - to whirl/immediately/variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

凯旋 (凱旋)
旋律 
旋转 (旋轉)

Medium Frequency

凯旋门 (凱旋門)
周旋 
回旋 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
旋涡 (旋渦)
旋风 (旋風)
盘旋 (盤旋)
螺旋 

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  1. 地 is the 21st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 285 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (second), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  2. di4 - earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 地 (de5): The component 也 is pronounced as 'ye3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)

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  1. 轉 is the 376th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 146 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (car), (ten), (sun/day), (line), No glyph available, (thumb)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , 𠂉, 𠂇, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuan3 - to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift
  2. zhuan4 - to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for turns: revs/classifier for repeated actions

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 轉 (zhuan3): The component 專 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 轉 (zhuan4): The component 專 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
转发 (轉發)
转盘 (轉盤)
转给 (轉給)
转身 (轉身)
转载 (轉載)

Medium Frequency

中转 (中轉)
反转 (反轉)
右转 (右轉)
回心转意 (回心轉意)
回转 (回轉)
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
好转 (好轉)
婉转 (婉轉)
左转 (左轉)
打转 (打轉)
扭转 (扭轉)
旋转 (旋轉)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
流转 (流轉)
目不转睛 (目不轉睛)
翻转 (翻轉)
辗转 (輾轉)
辗转反侧 (輾轉反側)
转世 (轉世)
转动 (轉動)
转化 (轉化)
转台 (轉台)
转向 (轉向)
转告 (轉告)
转圈 (轉圈)
转型 (轉型)
转基因 (轉基因)
转好 (轉好)
转学 (轉學)
转弯 (轉彎)
转悠 (轉悠)
转战 (轉戰)
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
转换 (轉換)
转播 (轉播)
转会 (轉會)
转机 (轉機)
转眼 (轉眼)
转移 (轉移)
转而 (轉而)
转行 (轉行)
转角 (轉角)
转变 (轉變)
转让 (轉讓)
转卖 (轉賣)
转账 (轉賬)
转车 (轉車)
转转 (轉轉)
转运 (轉運)
转达 (轉達)
转头 (轉頭)
回转 (迴轉)
逆转 (逆轉)
运转 (運轉)
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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