1. 斩
  2. 钉
  3. 截
  4. 铁

斩

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  1. 斩 is the 2458th most frequent character.
  2. 斩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 斩 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 斩 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
斩 => 车, 斤
Radical :
斩 => 车 (car), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
斩 => 乚, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhan3 - to behead (as form of capital punishment)/to chop

Pronunciation Clues:

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

High Frequency

斩 (斬)

Medium Frequency

快刀斩乱麻 (快刀斬亂麻)
斩断 (斬斷)
斩杀 (斬殺)

Appears In:

斩 also appears in:
渐暂惭崭堑錾椠

钉

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  1. 钉 is the 2262nd most frequent character.
  2. 钉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 钉 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 钉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
钉 => 钅, 丁
Radical :
钉 => 钅 (metal/gold), 一 (one), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
钉 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ding1 - nail/to pin up/to nail/to keep at sb/to follow closely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 钉 (ding1): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

耳钉 (耳釘)
钉 (釘)
钉子 (釘子)
铆钉 (鉚釘)

Medium Frequency

图钉 (圖釘)
斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵)
板上钉钉 (板上釘釘)
眼中钉 (眼中釘)
螺丝钉 (螺絲釘)
钉子户 (釘子戶)
钉死 (釘死)
钉耙 (釘耙)

截

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  1. 截 is the 1550th most frequent character.
  2. 截 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 截 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 截 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
截 => 𢦏, 隹
Radical :
截 => 土 (earth), 戈 (spear), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
截 => 一, 丨, 一, 戈, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie2 - to cut off (a length)/to stop/to intercept/section/chunk/length

Pronunciation Clues:

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

High Frequency

截 
截图 (截圖)

Medium Frequency

半截 
截屏 
截止 
截然 
截然不同 
截至 
拦截 (攔截)

铁

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  1. 铁 is the 777th most frequent character.
  2. 铁 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 铁 appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. 铁 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
铁 => 钅, 失
Radical :
铁 => 钅 (metal/gold), 人 (human), 二 (two), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
铁 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 人, 二, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

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

High Frequency

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
铁 (鐵)
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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