Meta:

  1. 明 is the 121st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ming2 - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. ming2 - bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明天 
明星 
明白 

Medium Frequency

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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Meta:

  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

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Meta:

  1. 见 is the 153rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 134 words.
  4. appears as a component in 60 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (see)
Graphical :
=> , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview
  2. xian4 - to appear

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 见 (jian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 见 (xian4): The component 见 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
 ()
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Medium Frequency

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
再见 (再見)
常见 (常見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
听见 (聽見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)
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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