1. 形
  2. 影
  3. 不
  4. 離

形

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  1. 形 is the 269th most frequent character.
  2. 形 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 形 appears as a character in 107 words.
  4. 形 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
形 => 开, 彡
Radical :
形 => 一 (one), 廾 (N/A), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
形 => 一, 廾, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xing2 - to appear/to look/form/shape

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Medium Frequency

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)

影

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  1. 影 is the 390th most frequent character.
  2. 影 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 影 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 影 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
影 => 景, 彡
Radical :
影 => 日 (sun/day), 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth), 小 (small), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
影 => 口, 一, 一, 丶, 口, 亅, 八, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ying3 - picture/image/film/movie/photograph/reflection/shadow/trace

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 影 (ying3): The component 景 is pronounced as 'jing3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

影响 (影響)
影响力 (影響力)
摄影 (攝影)
电影 (電影)

Medium Frequency

倒影 
光影 
合影 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
影 
影像 
影子 
影片 
影视 (影視)
影评 (影評)
影院 
影音 
摄影师 (攝影師)
火影忍者 
眼影 
背影 
踪影 (蹤影)
身影 
阴影 (陰影)
电影票 (電影票)
电影院 (電影院)
魔影 

不

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

離

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  1. 離 is the 418th most frequent character.
  2. 離 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 離 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 離 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
離 => 离, 隹
Radical :
離 => 亠 (lid), 凵 (container), 乂 (N/A), 禸 (track), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
離 => 一, 丶, 凵, 乂, ㇛, 丶, 冂, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Li2 - surname Li
  2. li2 - to leave/to part from/to be away from/(in giving distances) from/without (sth)/independent of/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire/☲

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 離 (li2): The component 离 is pronounced as 'li2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 離 (li2): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离 (離)
离婚 (離婚)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
流离 (流離)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
游离 (遊離)
隔离 (隔離)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离弃 (離棄)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)
离间 (離間)

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離 also appears in:
籬
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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