1. 家
  2. 和
  3. 萬
  4. 事
  5. 興

家

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Meta:

  1. 家 is the 56th most frequent character.
  2. 家 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 家 appears as a character in 295 words.
  4. 家 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
家 => 宀, 豕
Radical :
家 => 宀 (roof), 豕 (pig)
Graphical :
家 => 冖, 丶, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jia1 - surname Jia
  2. jia1 - home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回家 
大家 
家 
玩家 

Medium Frequency

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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家 also appears in:
嫁稼镓

和

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Meta:

  1. 和 is the 19th most frequent character.
  2. 和 has 6 dictionary entries.
  3. 和 appears as a character in 125 words.
  4. 和 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
和 => 禾, 口
Radical :
和 => 禾 (grain), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
和 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. He2 - surname He/Japanese (food, clothes etc)
  2. he2 - and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and"
  3. he4 - cap (a poem)/to respond in singing
  4. hu2 - to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
  5. huo2 - soft/warm
  6. huo4 - to mix together/to blend

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 和 (he2): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 和 (he4): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 和 (hu2): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 和 (huo2): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 和 (huo4): The component 禾 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

和 

Medium Frequency

和尚 
和平 
和谐 (和諧)
平和 
暖和 

萬

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Meta:

  1. 萬 is the 322nd most frequent character.
  2. 萬 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 萬 appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. 萬 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
萬 => 艹, 禺
Radical :
萬 => 艹 (grass), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 禸 (track)
Graphical :
萬 => 艹, 冂, 二, 丨, ㇛, 丶, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wan4 - surname Wan
  2. wan4 - ten thousand/a great number

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

千万 (千萬)
万 (萬)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Medium Frequency

上万 (上萬)
亿万 (億萬)
十万 (十萬)
千千万万 (千千萬萬)
千言万语 (千言萬語)
千军万马 (千軍萬馬)
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
家和万事兴 (家和萬事興)
成千上万 (成千上萬)
数万 (數萬)
百万 (百萬)
百万富翁 (百萬富翁)
万一 (萬一)
万丈 (萬丈)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
万分 (萬分)
万千 (萬千)
万恶 (萬惡)
万历 (萬曆)
万水千山 (萬水千山)
万物 (萬物)
万能 (萬能)
万般 (萬般)
万万 (萬萬)
万象 (萬象)

Appears In:

萬 also appears in:
邁

事

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Meta:

  1. 事 is the 58th most frequent character.
  2. 事 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 事 appears as a character in 218 words.
  4. 事 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
事 => No glyph available, 亅
Radical :
事 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), ⺺ (brush), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
事 => 一, 丨, 口, 丨, 匚, 一, 丨, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - matter/thing/item/work/affair/CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 事 (shi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 事 (shi4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

事 
事情 
故事 

Medium Frequency

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事实 (事實)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业 (事業)
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
同事 
喜事 
回事 
坏事 (壞事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
没事 (沒事)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
糗事 
万事 (萬事)
万事如意 (萬事如意)
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)

興

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Meta:

  1. 興 is the 531st most frequent character.
  2. 興 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 興 appears as a character in 121 words.
  4. 興 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
興 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
興 => 臼 (mortar), 冂 (upside down box), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
興 => 臼, 冂, 一, 口, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xing1 - surname Xing
  2. xing1 - to rise/to flourish/to become popular/to start/to encourage/to get up/(often used in the negative) to permit or allow (topolect)/maybe (topolect)
  3. xing4 - feeling or desire to do sth/interest in sth/excitement

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兴奋 (興奮)
兴趣 (興趣)
高兴 (高興)

Medium Frequency

中兴 (中興)
助兴 (助興)
即兴 (即興)
嘉兴 (嘉興)
大兴 (大興)
宜兴 (宜興)
家和万事兴 (家和萬事興)
复兴 (復興)
感兴趣 (感興趣)
振兴 (振興)
扫兴 (掃興)
新兴 (新興)
尽兴 (盡興)
绍兴 (紹興)
兴 (興)
兴国 (興國)
兴奋剂 (興奮劑)
兴宁 (興寧)
兴旺 (興旺)
兴业 (興業)
兴致 (興致)
兴致勃勃 (興致勃勃)
兴许 (興許)
兴起 (興起)
兴隆 (興隆)
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
长兴 (長興)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)

Appears In:

興 also appears in:
臖
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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