1. 束
  2. 手
  3. 就
  4. 擒

束

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  1. 束 is the 996th most frequent character.
  2. 束 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 束 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 束 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
束 => 木, 口
Radical :
束 => 木 (tree), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
束 => 一, 丨, 八, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shu4 - surname Shu
  2. shu4 - to bind/bunch/bundle/classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc/to control

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 束 (shu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

结束 (結束)

Medium Frequency

束 
束缚 (束縛)
无拘无束 (無拘無束)
约束 (約束)

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束 also appears in:
速赖辣敕悚剌竦涑觫賴餗鶒脨駷辢綀鵣

手

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  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. 手 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 手 appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. 手 appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
手 => ㇒, 扌
Radical :
手 => 手 (hand)
Graphical :
手 => ㇒, 亅, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
手 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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手 also appears in:
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就

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  1. 就 is the 27th most frequent character.
  2. 就 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 就 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 就 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
就 => 京, 尤
Radical :
就 => 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth), 小 (small), 尢 (lame), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
就 => 一, 丶, 口, 亅, 八, 𠂇, 乚, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu4 - at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already/as soon as/then/in that case/as many as/even if/to approach/to move towards/to undertake/to engage in/to suffer/subjected to/to accomplish/to take advantage of/to go with (of foods)/with regard to/concerning

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 就 (jiu4): The component 京 is pronounced as 'jing1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

就 

Medium Frequency

就算 
成就 

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就 also appears in:
鹫蹴僦鷲

擒

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  1. 擒 is the 2844th most frequent character.
  2. 擒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 擒 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 擒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
擒 => 扌, 禽
Radical :
擒 => 扌 (hand), 人 (human), 亠 (lid), 凵 (container), 乂 (N/A), 禸 (track)
Graphical :
擒 => 亅, 二, 人, 一, 丶, 凵, 乂, ㇛, 丶, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qin2 - to capture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 擒 (qin2): The component 禽 is pronounced as 'qin2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 擒 (qin2): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手到擒来 (手到擒來)

Medium Frequency

就擒 
擒 
束手就擒 
欲擒故纵 (欲擒故縱)
生擒 
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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