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  1. 挑 is the 1307th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (legs), (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tiao1 - to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick
  2. tiao3 - to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

 
挑剔 
挑选 (挑選)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)

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Meta:

  1. 三 is the 125th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 156 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (two)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. San1 - surname San
  2. san1 - three/3

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)

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Meta:

  1. 揀 is the 2959th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (tree), (mouth), (line), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - to choose/to pick/to sort out/to pick up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 揀 (jian3): The component 柬 is pronounced as 'jian3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)

Medium Frequency

挑拣 (挑揀)
 ()
拣起 (揀起)
拣选 (揀選)

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Meta:

  1. 四 is the 226th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (enclosure), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. si4 - four/4

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

十四 
四分之一 
四十 
四十多 
四周 
四季 
四射 
四川 
四月 
四处 (四處)
大四 
新四军 (新四軍)
星期四 
周四 (週四)

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also appears in:
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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