1. 平
  2. 方
  3. 公
  4. 里

平

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  1. 平 is the 215th most frequent character.
  2. 平 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 平 appears as a character in 271 words.
  4. 平 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
平 => 干, 丷
Radical :
平 => 干 (dry), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
平 => 一, 一, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ping2 - surname Ping
  2. ping2 - flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公平 
和平 
平凡 
平均 
平安 
平时 (平時)
平淡 
平台 (平臺)
平衡 
平静 (平靜)
水平 

Medium Frequency

不公平 
不平 
北平 
南平 
地平线 (地平線)
天平 
太平 
太平洋 
平 
平价 (平價)
平原 
平和 
平地 
平坦 
平安夜 
平常 
平平 
平底 
平庸 
平复 (平復)
平息 
平方 
平方公里 
平方米 
平日 
平板 
平民 
平生 
平稳 (平穩)
平等 
平米 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
平遥 (平遙)
平面 
平头 (平頭)
心平气和 (心平氣和)
扳平 
抚平 (撫平)
生平 
邓小平 (鄧小平)
开平 (開平)

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平 also appears in:
评苹坪砰抨怦秤鲆枰評閛

方

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Meta:

  1. 方 is the 60th most frequent character.
  2. 方 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 方 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 方 appears as a component in 86 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
方 => 亠, No glyph available
Radical :
方 => 方 (square/raft)
Graphical :
方 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fang1 - surname Fang
  2. fang1 - square/power or involution (mathematics)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 方 (fang1): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方 
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Medium Frequency

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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方 also appears in:
方放房防族施游激旅旁访仿旋旗芳缴邀妨膀於璇愣纺镑坊榜傍敷簇磅肪楞谤彷淤漩螃瘀旌滂舫檄旖鲂旎阏菸旃枋雱旆嗾耪镞蝣敫钫蒡膂旒旄徼竅塄邊鳑镟鷟趽邡遊蔟髣訪鍦眆葹鰟艕覈繳縼礉薂蔙箷

公

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Meta:

  1. 公 is the 115th most frequent character.
  2. 公 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 公 appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. 公 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
公 => 八, 厶
Radical :
公 => 八 (eight/divide), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
公 => 八, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

不公 
主人公 
公 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

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公 also appears in:
松讼翁颂瓮蚣衮忪頌訟鈆

里

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Meta:

  1. 里 is the 50th most frequent character.
  2. 里 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 里 appears as a character in 163 words.
  4. 里 appears as a component in 52 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
里 => 田, 土
Radical :
里 => 里 (village/mile)
Graphical :
里 => 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裡|里[li3]
  2. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裏|里[li3]
  3. Li3 - Li (surname)
  4. li3 - li (Chinese mile)/500 meters (modern)/home/hometown/village/neighborhood/administrative unit

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

哪里 (哪裏)
里 (裏)
里面 (裡面)
这里 (這裏)

Medium Frequency

三里屯 
公里 
卡路里 
可可西里 
嘴里 (嘴裡)
夜里 (夜裡)
家里 (家裡)
平方公里 
心里 (心裡)
心里话 (心裡話)
怀里 (懷裡)
歇斯底里 
水里 
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
稀里哗啦 (稀裡嘩啦)
里边 (裡邊)
里头 (裡頭)
那里 (那裏)
乡里 (鄉里)
阿里巴巴 
香格里拉 
马德里 (馬德裡)

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里 also appears in:
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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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