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  1. 斗 is the 580th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (dipper)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Dou3 - abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
  2. dou3 - dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]/decaliter/peck/cup or dipper shaped object/old variant of 陡[dou3]
  3. dou4 - to fight/to struggle/to condemn/to censure/to contend/to put together/coming together
  4. dou4 - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4], to fight/to struggle/to condemn/to censure/to contend/to put together/coming together

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou3): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou3): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

奋斗 (奮鬥)
战斗 (戰鬥)
 

Medium Frequency

勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
北斗 
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打斗 (打鬥)
批斗 (批鬥)
拼斗 (拼鬥)
搏斗 
斗牛 
斗篷 
格斗 (格鬥)
决斗 (決鬥)
熨斗 
争斗 (爭鬥)
阿斗 
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗志 (鬥志)
斗智 (鬥智)
斗争 (鬥爭)

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  1. 牛 is the 1016th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 78 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (cow)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Niu2 - surname Niu
  2. niu2 - ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]/(slang) awesome

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 牛 (niu2): The component 牛 is pronounced as 'niu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
牛奶 
金牛 
金牛座 

Medium Frequency

伏牛山 
公牛 
吹牛 
奶牛 
斗牛 
牛仔 
牛仔裤 (牛仔褲)
牛排 
牛皮 
牛肉 
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
牛腩 
牛蛙 
牛逼 
牛郎 
蒙牛 (矇牛)
蜗牛 (蝸牛)
黄牛 (黃牛)

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  1. 士 is the 372nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. appears as a component in 137 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (scholar)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi4 - surname Shi
  2. shi4 - member of the senior ministerial class (old)/scholar (old)/bachelor/honorific/first class military rank/specialist worker

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 士 (shi4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人士 
博士 
士兵 
女士 
战士 (戰士)
瑞士 
男士 
的士 
绅士 (紳士)
护士 (護士)

Medium Frequency

侠士 (俠士)
力士 
勇士 
博士后 (博士後)
哈士奇 
 
士气 (士氣)
壮士 (壯士)
大力士 
威士忌 
富士 
富士山 
富士康 
巴士 
巴士站 
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
武士 
波士顿 (波士頓)
烈士 
爵士 
硕士 (碩士)
芝士 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
卫士 (衛士)
贴士 (貼士)
迪士尼 
道士 
院士 
隐士 (隱士)
雅士 
骑士 (騎士)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)
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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