Pinyin: Tuo1 er3 si1 tai4 Definition: Tolstoy (name)/Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
Pinyin: Tai4 shan1 Definition: Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳/Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Pinyin: Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 Definition: Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism/Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
Pinyin: Ma3 ke4 si1 Definition: Marx (name)/Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933)/Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
hao4 - ordinal number/day of a month/mark/sign/business establishment/size/ship suffix/horn (wind instrument)/bugle call/assumed name/to take a pulse/classifier used to indicate number of people
Pronunciation Clues:
Pronunciation clue for 号 (hao2): The component 丂 is pronounced as 'kao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
Pronunciation clue for 号 (hao4): The component 丂 is pronounced as 'kao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
Pinyin: qi2 hao4 Definition: lit. a banner to distinguish an army unit or the name of its general/fig. to act in the name (of an idea or an organization)/to fly the flag (as a cover for shady business)/used for 旗語|旗语 semaphore
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. If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.