1. 李
  2. 明
  3. 博

李

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  1. 李 is the 472nd most frequent character.
  2. 李 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 李 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 李 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
李 => 木, 子
Radical :
李 => 木 (tree), 子 (child)
Graphical :
李 => 一, 丨, 八, ㇇, 亅, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Li3 - surname Li
  2. li3 - plum

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 李 (li3): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 李 (li3): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi5'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

李 
李娜 
行李 

Medium Frequency

李亚鹏 (李亞鵬)
李冰冰 
李嘉诚 (李嘉誠)
李子 
李宁 (李寧)
李小龙 (李小龍)
李彦宏 (李彥宏)
李斯 
李明博 
李玟 
李登辉 (李登輝)
李白 
李连杰 (李連傑)
李开复 (李開復)
行李架 
行李箱 

明

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
明 => 日, 月
Radical :
明 => 日 (sun/day), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
明 => 口, 一, 冂, 二

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 
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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明 also appears in:
盟萌

博

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Meta:

  1. 博 is the 963rd most frequent character.
  2. 博 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 博 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 博 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
博 => 十, 尃
Radical :
博 => 十 (ten), 十 (ten), 用 (use), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
博 => 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bo2 - extensive/ample/rich/obtain/aim/to win/to get/plentiful/to gamble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

博 

Medium Frequency

博客 
博文 
微博 
微博客 
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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