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  1. 太 is the 240th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 100 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tai4 - highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 太 (tai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

太原 
太太 
太平 
太平洋 
太白 
太过 (太過)
太阳 (太陽)
正太 
老太太 

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  1. 平 is the 215th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 271 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (dry), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ping2 - surname Ping
  2. ping2 - flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公平 
和平 
平凡 
平均 
平安 
平时 (平時)
平淡 
平台 (平臺)
平衡 
平静 (平靜)
水平 

Medium Frequency

不公平 
不平 
北平 
南平 
地平线 (地平線)
天平 
太平 
太平洋 
 
平价 (平價)
平原 
平和 
平地 
平坦 
平安夜 
平常 
平平 
平底 
平庸 
平复 (平復)
平息 
平方 
平方公里 
平方米 
平日 
平板 
平民 
平生 
平稳 (平穩)
平等 
平米 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
平遥 (平遙)
平面 
平头 (平頭)
心平气和 (心平氣和)
扳平 
抚平 (撫平)
生平 
邓小平 (鄧小平)
开平 (開平)

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  1. 洋 is the 801st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (sheep)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang2 - ocean/vast/foreign/silver dollar or coin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 洋 (yang2): The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大洋 
太平洋 
 
洋气 (洋氣)
洋溢 
洋葱 (洋蔥)
海洋 

Medium Frequency

北冰洋 
南洋 
印度洋 
喜气洋洋 (喜氣洋洋)
喜洋洋 
大西洋 
得意洋洋 
懒洋洋 (懶洋洋)
暖洋洋 
汪洋 
洋人 
洋妞 
洋娃娃 
洋洋 
洋芋 
洋装 (洋裝)
西洋 
远洋 (遠洋)
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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