1. 张
  2. 灯
  3. 结
  4. 彩

张

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  1. 张 is the 318th most frequent character.
  2. 张 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 张 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 张 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
张 => 弓, 长
Radical :
张 => 弓 (bow), 长 (long/grow)
Graphical :
张 => 匚, ㇉, 乚, 冫, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhang1 - surname Zhang
  2. zhang1 - to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'chang2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'zhang3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

张 (張)
紧张 (緊張)

Medium Frequency

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张学友 (張學友)
张家界 (張家界)
张居正 (張居正)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
慌张 (慌張)
扩张 (擴張)
夸张 (誇張)
开张 (開張)

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张 also appears in:
涨

灯

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  1. 灯 is the 1113th most frequent character.
  2. 灯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灯 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 灯 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灯 => 火, 丁
Radical :
灯 => 火 (fire), 一 (one), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
灯 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. deng1 - lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灯 (deng1): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯 (燈)
灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

结

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  1. 结 is the 236th most frequent character.
  2. 结 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 结 appears as a character in 105 words.
  4. 结 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
结 => 纟, 吉
Radical :
结 => 纟 (silk), 士 (scholar), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
结 => ㇛, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - to bear fruit/to produce/firm/solid
  2. jie2 - knot/sturdy/bond/to tie/to bind/to check out (of a hotel)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 结 (jie1): The component 吉 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 结 (jie2): The component 吉 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

纠结 (糾結)
结婚 (結婚)
结局 (結局)
结束 (結束)
结果 (結果)
总结 (總結)

Medium Frequency

了结 (了結)
冻结 (凍結)
凝结 (凝結)
团结 (團結)
完结 (完結)
巴结 (巴結)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
心结 (心結)
情结 (情結)
终结 (終結)
终结者 (終結者)
结 (結)
结交 (結交)
结伴 (結伴)
结冰 (結冰)
结出 (結出)
结合 (結合)
结婚证 (結婚證)
结实 (結實)
结尾 (結尾)
结晶 (結晶)
结构 (結構)
结石 (結石)
结算 (結算)
结论 (結論)
结识 (結識)
结账 (結賬)
集结 (集結)

彩

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  1. 彩 is the 1175th most frequent character.
  2. 彩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 彩 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 彩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
彩 => 采, 彡
Radical :
彩 => 爫 (claw/talon), 木 (tree), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
彩 => 爫, 一, 丨, 八, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai3 - (bright) color/variety/applause/applaud/lottery prize

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 彩 (cai3): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 彩 (cai3): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

彩色 
精彩 

Medium Frequency

五彩 
彩排 
彩票 
彩虹 
彩蛋 
色彩 
丰富多彩 (豐富多彩)
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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