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  1. 水 is the 202nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 429 words.
  4. appears as a component in 516 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (water)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shui3 - surname Shui
  2. shui3 - water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 水 (shui3): The component 水 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
水平 
水果 
水瓶座 

Medium Frequency

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
下水 
下水道 
冰水 
冷水 
出水 
口水 
墨水 
奶水 
山水 
心如止水 
拖泥带水 (拖泥帶水)
放水 
柠檬水 (檸檬水)
水下 
水仙 
水仙花 
水分 
水利 
水印 
水土 
水土不服 
水城 
水墨 
水壶 (水壺)
水库 (水庫)
水彩 
水手 
水族馆 (水族館)
水星 
水晶 
水晶球 
水桶 
水母 
水池 
水泡 
水泥 
水泄不通 (水洩不通)
水流 
水深 
水源 
水准 (水準)
水沟 (水溝)
水温 (水溫)
水滴 
水浒 (水滸)
水浒传 (水滸傳)
水珠 
水疗 (水療)
水管 
水系 
水肿 (水腫)
水花 
水蜜桃 
水货 (水貨)
水质 (水質)
水军 (水軍)
水边 (水邊)
水里 
水量 
水电 (水電)
水灵 (水靈)
水面 
水饺 (水餃)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
汗水 
江水 
污水 
汽水 
河水 
沸水 
泉水 
泡水 
洗发水 (洗髮水)
洪水 
流水 
海水 
凉水 (涼水)
泪水 (淚水)
淡水 
净水器 (淨水器)
清水 
溺水 
滴水 
漏水 
潜水 (潛水)
潜水艇 (潛水艇)
潮水 
浇水 (澆水)
灌水 
热水 (熱水)
热水器 (熱水器)
热水澡 (熱水澡)
热水袋 (熱水袋)
烧水 (燒水)
白水 
白开水 (白開水)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
矿泉水 (礦泉水)
秋水 
糖水 
细水长流 (細水長流)
绿水 (綠水)
缩水 (縮水)
背水一战 (背水一戰)
脱水 (脫水)
胶水 (膠水)
自来水 (自來水)
苦水 
万水千山 (萬水千山)
落水 
薪水 
药水 (藥水)
血水 
跳水 
车水马龙 (車水馬龍)
进水 (進水)
酒水 
开水 (開水)
防水 
降水 
雨水 
顺水 (順水)
风水 (風水)
饮水 (飲水)
饮水机 (飲水機)
香水 
卤水 (鹵水)
盐水 (鹽水)
丽水 (麗水)
鼻水 

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also appears in:
尿沿湿鸿簿涿髿绿絿祿

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  1. 泄 is the 2007th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (N/A), 廿 (two hands/twenty)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xie4 - to leak (of water or gas)/to drip/to drain/to discharge/to leak out/to divulge (secrets)/to give vent (to anger, spite etc)/to disperse/to reduce

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

发泄 (發洩)

Medium Frequency

外泄 
宣泄 (宣洩)
排泄 
早泄 (早洩)
水泄不通 (水洩不通)
 
泄漏 
泄露 
泄密 (洩密)
泄愤 (洩憤)
泄气 (洩氣)

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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Meta:

  1. 通 is the 190th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (N/A), (use)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tong1 - to go through/to know well/(suffix) expert/to connect/to communicate/open/to clear/classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
  2. tong4 - classifier for sections of music playing/classifier for bouts of unpleasant language

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

交通 
普通 
沟通 (溝通)
联通 (聯通)
 
通宵 
通知 
通过 (通過)
开通 (開通)

Medium Frequency

亨通 
全球通 
南通 
卡通 
圆通 (圓通)
想通 
打通 
接通 
扑通 (撲通)
普普通通 
普通话 (普通話)
畅通 (暢通)
流通 
相通 
精通 
网通 (網通)
变通 (變通)
通俗 
通信 
通向 
通告 
通报 (通報)
通州 
通常 
通往 
通畅 (通暢)
通气 (通氣)
通用 
通病 
通红 (通紅)
通缉 (通緝)
通胀 (通脹)
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
通讯 (通訊)
通讯录 (通訊錄)
通话 (通話)
通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹)
通车 (通車)
通透 
通通 
通道 
通关 (通關)
通风 (通風)

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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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