Meta:

  1. 失 is the 375th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 116 words.
  4. appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi1 - to lose/to miss/to fail

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Medium Frequency

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
 
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)

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Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𪜋,
Radical :
=> (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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Meta:

  1. 交 is the 320th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (lid), (eight/divide), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
交友 
交往 
交易 
交流 
交通 
公交 
公交车 (公交車)
成交 
社交 

Medium Frequency

上交 
不可开交 (不可開交)
交付 
交代 
交出 
交加 
交汇 (交匯)
交卷 
交叉 
交大 
交待 
交情 
交接 
交换 (交換)
交易所 
交易日 
交替 
交界 
交给 (交給)
交织 (交織)
交融 
交谈 (交談)
交警 
交配 
交锋 (交鋒)
交钱 (交錢)
交错 (交錯)
交际 (交際)
交集 
交响 (交響)
交响曲 (交響曲)
外交 
外交部 
心力交瘁 
打交道 
提交 
百感交集 
相交 
立交桥 (立交橋)
结交 (結交)
绝交 (絕交)
至交 

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Meta:

  1. 臂 is the 1686th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (corpse), (mouth), (bitter), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - arm

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 臂 (bi4): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 臂 (bi4): The component 辟 is pronounced as 'pi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 臂 (bi4): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手臂 
 

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
失之交臂 
臂弯 (臂彎)
臂膀 
双臂 (雙臂)
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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