1. 此
  2. 起
  3. 彼
  4. 伏

此

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  1. 此 is the 116th most frequent character.
  2. 此 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 此 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 此 appears as a component in 21 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
此 => 止, 匕
Radical :
此 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
此 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci3 - this/these

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如此 
此 

Medium Frequency

因此 
彼此 
从此 (從此)
此刻 
此外 
此时 (此時)
特此 

Appears In:

此 also appears in:
些紫柴雌疵龇髭砦呲眦赀訾茈跐眥觜胔貲鴜飺齜

起

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  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. 起 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 起 appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. 起 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
起 => 走, 己
Radical :
起 => 走 (run), 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
起 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
起 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

彼

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  1. 彼 is the 1254th most frequent character.
  2. 彼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 彼 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 彼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
彼 => 彳, 皮
Radical :
彼 => 彳 (step), 皮 (skin)
Graphical :
彼 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, ㇆, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi3 - that/those/(one) another

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 彼 (bi3): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 彼 (bi3): The component 彳 is pronounced as 'chi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

彼此 

Medium Frequency

彼岸 
此起彼伏 

伏

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  1. 伏 is the 1387th most frequent character.
  2. 伏 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 伏 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 伏 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
伏 => 亻, 犬
Radical :
伏 => 亻 (human), 犬 (dog)
Graphical :
伏 => ㇒, 丨, 人, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fu2 - surname Fu
  2. fu2 - to lean over/to fall (go down)/to hide (in ambush)/to conceal oneself/to lie low/hottest days of summer/to submit/to concede defeat/to overcome/to subdue/volt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

埋伏 
潜伏 (潛伏)
起伏 

Medium Frequency

伏 
伏案 
伏牛山 
伏特加 
伏笔 (伏筆)
光伏 
此起彼伏 

Appears In:

伏 also appears in:
袱茯
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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