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  1. 拔 is the 1500th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), 𠂇 (left hand), (dot), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠂇, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba2 - to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand out (above level)/to surpass/to seize

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 拔 (ba2): The component 犮 is pronounced as 'ba2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海拔 
自拔 

Medium Frequency

出类拔萃 (出類拔萃)
坚韧不拔 (堅韌不拔)
 
拔掉 
拔毛 
拔河 
拔火罐 
拔牙 
拔丝 (拔絲)
拔罐 
拔除 
挺拔 
提拔 
选拔 (選拔)

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  1. 除 is the 464th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (human), (dry), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu2 - to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 除 (chu2): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

除了 
除夕 

Medium Frequency

删除 (刪除)
去除 
扫除 (掃除)
排除 
消除 
清除 
解除 
 
除去 
除外 
除非 

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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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