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  1. 春 is the 919th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𡗗,
Radical :
=> (one), (two), (line), (eight/divide), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chun1 - surname Chun
  2. chun1 - spring (time)/gay/joyful/youthful/love/lust/life

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 春 (chun1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新春 
 
春节 (春節)
春运 (春運)
青春 

Medium Frequency

春光 
春天 
春季 
春秋 
春联 (春聯)
春雨 
长春 (長春)
青春期 

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  1. 夏 is the 1124th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𦣻,
Radical :
=> (one), (self), (go)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xia4 - the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC/Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)/surname Xia
  2. xia4 - summer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
夏天 

Medium Frequency

夏威夷 
夏娃 
夏季 
夏日 
夏河 
夏洛克 
宁夏 (寧夏)
盛夏 
华夏 (華夏)

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  1. 秋 is the 1149th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. appears as a component in 14 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qiu1 - surname Qiu
  2. qiu1 - autumn/fall/harvest time/a swing
  3. qiu1 - a swing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
千秋 
春夏秋冬 
春秋 
深秋 
秋天 
秋季 
秋水 
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋衣 
秋裤 (秋褲)
秋雨 
立秋 
秋千 (鞦韆)

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  1. 冬 is the 1382nd most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dong1 - winter
  2. Dong1 - surname Dong
  3. dong1 - sound of beating a drum/onomatopoeia for rat-a-tat etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
冬天 
冬季 

Medium Frequency

冬瓜 
冬眠 
寒冬 
过冬 (過冬)

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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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