1. 微
  2. 不
  3. 足
  4. 道

微

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  1. 微 is the 652nd most frequent character.
  2. 微 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 微 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 微 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
微 => 彳, No glyph available
Radical :
微 => 彳 (step), 山 (mountain), ⺙ (knock), 一 (one), 几 (table)
Graphical :
微 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 凵, 丿, 一, 乂, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei1 - surname Wei/ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing/Taiwan pr. [wei2]
  2. wei1 - tiny/miniature/profound/abtruse/to decline/one millionth part of/micro-/Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)

Appears In:

微 also appears in:
薇矀

不

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Meta:

  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)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

足

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Meta:

  1. 足 is the 527th most frequent character.
  2. 足 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 足 appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. 足 appears as a component in 172 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
足 => 口, 龰
Radical :
足 => 足 (foot)
Graphical :
足 => 口, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju4 - excessive
  2. zu2 - foot/to be sufficient/ample

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 足 (ju4): The component 足 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 足 (ju4): The component 足 is pronounced as 'zu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 龰 is pronounced as 'zou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 足 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 足 is pronounced as 'zu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不足 
十足 
满足 (滿足)
知足 
足 
足够 (足夠)
足球 

Medium Frequency

充足 
失足 
富足 
微不足道 
心满意足 (心滿意足)
手舞足蹈 
手足 
手足无措 (手足無措)
满足感 (滿足感)
立足 
美中不足 
自给自足 (自給自足)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
足下 
足不出户 (足不出戶)
足以 
足球场 (足球場)
足疗 (足療)
足足 
足迹 (足跡)
足金 
酒足饭饱 (酒足飯飽)
驻足 (駐足)

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足 also appears in:
足促捉蹙蹩龊蹇踅趸浞跫躄蹷蹔躉跾踀躛路跟露跑跳距跃踪践跌踏跨跪踢躁蹲踩蹄蹈蹦跋趴踱趾踉踌躇跄蹬踞蹑蹋踵蹭跤跷跺蹿璐蹂躏跛踊跚踝蹊跻蹒潞蹶鹭踹踮趺蹴跸蹼跏踔踽趿跎跞跹跗跆蹚躅踯跣蹰蹉蹀踟跶蹓趵跖跬趼跽躞踬踰蹁蹻蹯蹠躐趽蹨躜蹐跐蹅踣蹟躔蕗跍跓蹤跼跡踦踐蹾踡跂跉躍踧踘跅踆踺跊蹣蹱跘踫蹽踖跱躘趷蹌蹹跰踥簬趶跔踴蹆踨蹎踸蹡蹳躩踃蹞蹧趹跁跈跒蹖踄躦鷺躒

道

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Meta:

  1. 道 is the 52nd most frequent character.
  2. 道 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 道 appears as a character in 222 words.
  4. 道 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
道 => 辶, 首
Radical :
道 => 辶 (walk), 首 (head)
Graphical :
道 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao4 - direction/way/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō)/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)
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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