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  1. 日 is the 101st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 197 words.
  4. appears as a component in 664 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ri4 - sun/day/date, day of the month/abbr. for 日本 Japan

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 日 (ri4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 日 (ri4): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今日 
 
日子 
生日 

Medium Frequency

假日 
即日 
向日葵 
夏日 
工作日 
平日 
往日 
成日 
日出 
日前 
日报 (日報)
日夜 
日常 
日式 
日后 (日後)
日日 
日历 (日曆)
日期 
日本 
日本人 
日照 
日落 
日记 (日記)
日志 (日誌)
日语 (日語)
早日 
明日 
昔日 
星期日 
昨日 
末日 
烈日 
节日 (節日)
纪念日 (紀念日)
近日 
周日 (週日)

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Meta:

  1. 本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)

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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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