Meta:

  1. 消 is the 439th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (small), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 消 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消失 
消息 

Medium Frequency

取消 
 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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Meta:

  1. 費 is the 486th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei4 - surname Fei
  2. fei4 - to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 費 (fei4): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 費 (fei4): The component 貝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

免费 (免費)
浪费 (浪費)
消费 (消費)
话费 (話費)

Medium Frequency

付费 (付費)
公费 (公費)
学费 (學費)
小费 (小費)
手续费 (手續費)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
枉费 (枉費)
欠费 (欠費)
消费者 (消費者)
生活费 (生活費)
白费 (白費)
破费 (破費)
经费 (經費)
缴费 (繳費)
耗费 (耗費)
花费 (花費)
 ()
费事 (費事)
费力 (費力)
费劲 (費勁)
费城 (費城)
费德勒 (費德勒)
费心 (費心)
费用 (費用)
费解 (費解)
路费 (路費)
车费 (車費)
运费 (運費)
邮费 (郵費)

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Meta:

  1. 稅 is the 779th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (eight/divide), (mouth), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - taxes/duties

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 稅 (shui4): The component 兌 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
税收 (稅收)
纳税人 (納稅人)

Medium Frequency

保税区 (保稅區)
偷税 (偷稅)
免税 (免稅)
地税 (地稅)
报税 (報稅)
增值税 (增值稅)
征税 (徵稅)
所得税 (所得稅)
收税 (收稅)
消费税 (消費稅)
减税 (減稅)
漏税 (漏稅)
营业税 (營業稅)
税前 (稅前)
税务 (稅務)
税务局 (稅務局)
税后 (稅後)
税法 (稅法)
纳税 (納稅)
退税 (退稅)
逃税 (逃稅)
避税 (避稅)
关税 (關稅)
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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