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  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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  1. 青 is the 497th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 31 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (green/blue)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qing1 - nature's color/green or blue/greenish black/youth/young (of people)/abbr. for Qinghai province 青海

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 青 (qing1): The component 青 is pronounced as 'qing1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

青年 
青春 
青春期 

Medium Frequency

刺青 
刘青云 (劉青雲)
小青年 
年青 
愤青 (憤青)
杀青 (殺青)
 
青天 
青少年 
青山 
青岛 (青島)
青岛市 (青島市)
青春痘 
青椒 
青海 
青睐 (青睞)
青菜 
青葱 (青蔥)
青藏 
青蛙 
青豆 
青铜 (青銅)
青龙 (青龍)

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Meta:

  1. 年 is the 45th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 181 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂉,
Radical :
=> 丿 (bend), (one), (ten), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nian2 - surname Nian
  2. nian2 - year/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今年 
 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 
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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