Meta:

  1. 小 is the 83rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 248 words.
  4. appears as a component in 343 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao3 - small/tiny/few/young

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 小 (xiao3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
小时 (小時)

Medium Frequency

大小 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小偷 
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小品 
小妹 
小姐 
小姨 
小子 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小学生 (小學生)
小小 
小屋 
小弟 
小心 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小时候 (小時候)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小米 
小组 (小組)
小脚 (小腳)
小腿 
小号 (小號)
小说 (小說)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
微小 
渺小 
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

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Meta:

  1. 說 is the 24th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (eight/divide), (mouth), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
  2. shuo1 - to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 說 (shui4): The component 兌 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传说 (傳說)
 ()

Medium Frequency

来说 (來說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
听说 (聽說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
说不定 (說不定)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说话 (說話)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)
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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