1. 左
  2. 右
  3. 逢
  4. 源

左

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  1. 左 is the 780th most frequent character.
  2. 左 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 左 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 左 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
左 => 𠂇, 工
Radical :
左 => 𠂇 (left hand), 工 (work)
Graphical :
左 => 𠂇, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo3 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo3 - left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

左 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

Appears In:

左 also appears in:
佐

右

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  1. 右 is the 781st most frequent character.
  2. 右 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 右 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 右 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
右 => 𠂇, 口
Radical :
右 => 𠂇 (left hand), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
右 => 𠂇, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you4 - right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 右 (you4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

右边 (右邊)
左右 

Medium Frequency

右 
右侧 (右側)
右手 
向右 
左右逢源 

Appears In:

右 also appears in:
若佑祐

逢

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  1. 逢 is the 2176th most frequent character.
  2. 逢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 逢 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 逢 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
逢 => 辶, 夆
Radical :
逢 => 辶 (walk), 夂 (go), 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
逢 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 一, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. feng2 - to meet by chance/to come across/to fawn upon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 逢 (feng2): The component 夆 is pronounced as 'feng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

相逢 
逢 

Medium Frequency

左右逢源 
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
重逢 

Appears In:

逢 also appears in:
缝蓬篷縫蠭韼

源

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  1. 源 is the 669th most frequent character.
  2. 源 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 源 appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. 源 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
源 => 氵, 原
Radical :
源 => 氵 (water), 厂 (cliff), 白 (white), 小 (small)
Graphical :
源 => ⺀, ㇀, 厂, 口, 一, ㇒, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - root/source/origin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 源 (yuan2): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Medium Frequency

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
源 
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)
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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