1. 常
  2. 青
  3. 藤

常

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  1. 常 is the 187th most frequent character.
  2. 常 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 常 appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. 常 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
常 => 龸, 吊
Radical :
常 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
常 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chang2 - surname Chang
  2. chang2 - always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

常 
正常 
经常 (經常)
非常 

Medium Frequency

家常 
寻常 (尋常)
常客 
常州 
常常 
常见 (常見)
常识 (常識)
平常 
往常 
日常 
时常 (時常)
无常 (無常)
照常 
异常 (異常)
通常 

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常 also appears in:
嫦

青

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

Decomposition:

Once :
青 => 龶, 月
Radical :
青 => 青 (green/blue)
Graphical :
青 => 龶, 冂, 二

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 
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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青 also appears in:
情清请精青静睛猜晴靖倩菁蜻氰靓靛婧請锖鲭腈靜箐蒨鼱錆鶄碃圊篟鯖

藤

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Meta:

  1. 藤 is the 2195th most frequent character.
  2. 藤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 藤 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 藤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
藤 => 艹, 滕
Radical :
藤 => 艹 (grass), 月 (moon), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide), 八 (eight/divide), 氺 (water)
Graphical :
藤 => 艹, 冂, 二, 二, 丨, 丷, 八, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. teng2 - rattan/cane/vine

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

藤 

Medium Frequency

加藤 
常春藤 
常青藤 
紫藤 
藤椅 
藤县 (藤縣)
藤蔓 
藤野 
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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