1. 所
  2. 见
  3. 所
  4. 闻

所

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Meta:

  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. 所 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 所 appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. 所 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
所 => 戶, 斤
Radical :
所 => 戶 (door/house), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
所 => 丿, ㇒, 匚, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

所 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

见

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Meta:

  1. 见 is the 153rd most frequent character.
  2. 见 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 见 appears as a character in 134 words.
  4. 见 appears as a component in 60 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
见 => 冂, 儿
Radical :
见 => 见 (see)
Graphical :
见 => 冂, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview
  2. xian4 - to appear

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
见 (見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Medium Frequency

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
再见 (再見)
常见 (常見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
听见 (聽見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

Appears In:

见 also appears in:
視見覺觀規粯靦覩親覗覍覐闚覓覙覥睍蜆萈臗覚覛覟覠覯瞡覵现见规觉观视舰宽览搅窥揽缆觅觑榄砚觐觎觊靓苋笕髋岘蚬觇觋觏觍枧觌鬶

所

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  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. 所 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 所 appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. 所 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
所 => 戶, 斤
Radical :
所 => 戶 (door/house), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
所 => 丿, ㇒, 匚, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

所 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

闻

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Meta:

  1. 闻 is the 823rd most frequent character.
  2. 闻 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 闻 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 闻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
闻 => 门, 耳
Radical :
闻 => 门 (gate), 耳 (ear)
Graphical :
闻 => 丶, 丨, ㇆, 二, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wen2 - surname Wen
  2. wen2 - to hear/news/well-known/famous/reputation/fame/to smell/to sniff at

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 闻 (wen2): The component 门 is pronounced as 'men2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新闻 (新聞)
闻 (聞)

Medium Frequency

不闻不问 (不聞不問)
传闻 (傳聞)
喜闻乐见 (喜聞樂見)
奇闻 (奇聞)
所见所闻 (所見所聞)
新闻网 (新聞網)
绯闻 (緋聞)
闻到 (聞到)
闻名 (聞名)
听闻 (聽聞)
要闻 (要聞)
见闻 (見聞)
趣闻 (趣聞)
丑闻 (醜聞)
难闻 (難聞)
默默无闻 (默默無聞)
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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