1. 涇
  2. 渭
  3. 分
  4. 明

涇

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  1. 涇 is the 4442nd most frequent character.
  2. 涇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 涇 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 涇 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
涇 => 氵, 巠
Radical :
涇 => 氵 (water), 一 (one), 巛 (river), 工 (work)
Graphical :
涇 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 巛, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jing1 - Jing River

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泾渭分明 (涇渭分明)
泾县 (涇縣)

Medium Frequency

泾川 (涇川)
泾源 (涇源)
泾阳 (涇陽)

渭

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  1. 渭 is the 3612th most frequent character.
  2. 渭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 渭 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 渭 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
渭 => 氵, 胃
Radical :
渭 => 氵 (water), 田 (field), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
渭 => ⺀, ㇀, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei4 - the Wei river in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 渭 (wei4): The component 胃 is pronounced as 'wei4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

渭南 

Medium Frequency

泾渭分明 (涇渭分明)
渭南市 
渭水 
渭河 
通渭 

分

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  1. 分 is the 79th most frequent character.
  2. 分 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 分 appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. 分 appears as a component in 31 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
分 => 八, 刀
Radical :
分 => 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
分 => 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen1 - to divide/to separate/to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/part or subdivision/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute/a point (in sports or games)/0.01 yuan (unit of money)
  2. fen4 - part/share/ingredient/component

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分 
分享 
分钟 (分鐘)
部分 

Medium Frequency

分子 (份子)
充分 
分别 (分別)
分手 
分担 (分擔)
分数 (分數)
分明 
分析 
分泌 
分为 (分為)
分裂 
分解 
分配 
分开 (分開)
分离 (分離)
分类 (分類)
十分 
大部分 (大部份)
得分 
成分 
时分 (時分)
水分 
积分 (積分)
缘分 (緣分)
万分 (萬分)
过分 (過分)

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分 also appears in:
纷贫粉芬扮氛盆盼吩颁岔忿汾酚玢棼邠坌雰麄貧鼢紛翂頒訜魵蚡鈖黺砏

明

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  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
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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