Meta:

  1. 拿 is the 644th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (one), (mouth), (hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. na2 - to hold/to seize/to catch/to apprehend/to take

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

加拿大 
拿下 
拿来 (拿來)
拿出 
拿走 
拿起 

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Meta:

  1. 鐵 is the 777th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (earth), (spear), (mouth), (jade)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tie3 - surname Tie
  2. tie3 - iron (metal)/arms/weapons/hard/strong/violent/unshakeable/determined/close/tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鐵 (tie3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
 ()
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Medium Frequency

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)
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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