1. 拘
  2. 留
  3. 所

拘

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  1. 拘 is the 2094th most frequent character.
  2. 拘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拘 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 拘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
拘 => 扌, 句
Radical :
拘 => 扌 (hand), 勹 (wrap), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
拘 => 亅, 二, ㇆, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju1 - to capture/to restrain/to constrain/to adhere rigidly to/inflexible

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 拘 (ju1): The component 句 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

拘留 
无拘无束 (無拘無束)

Medium Frequency

不拘 
不拘一格 
不拘小节 (不拘小節)
拘役 
拘捕 
拘束 
拘泥 
拘留所 
拘禁 
拘谨 (拘謹)

留

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  1. 留 is the 554th most frequent character.
  2. 留 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 留 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 留 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
留 => 卯, 田
Radical :
留 => 卯 (N/A), 田 (field)
Graphical :
留 => 卯, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu2 - to leave (a message etc)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

留 
留下 

Medium Frequency

保留 
停留 
挽留 
收留 
残留 (殘留)
滞留 (滯留)
留住 
留作 
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
留守 
留影 
留心 
留念 
留情 
留意 
留恋 (留戀)
留神 
留给 (留給)
留言 
逗留 
遗留 (遺留)

Appears In:

留 also appears in:
溜瘤榴遛馏镏熘蹓骝鰡飗罶霤飀鬸鹠

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.
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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)
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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