Meta:

  1. 淘 is the 2494th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (wrap), (jar)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tao2 - to wash/to clean out/to cleanse/to eliminate/to dredge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淘 (tao2): The component 匋 is pronounced as 'tao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 淘 (tao2): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

淘金 

Medium Frequency

 
淘宝网 (淘寶網)
淘气 (淘氣)
淘汰 

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Meta:

  1. 汰 is the 2963rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (big), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tai4 - to discard/to eliminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 汰 (tai4): The component 太 is pronounced as 'tai4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 汰 (tai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

淘汰 

Medium Frequency

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Meta:

  1. 賽 is the 1062nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (roof), No glyph available, (two), (one), (eight/divide), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sai4 - to compete/competition/match/to surpass/better than/superior to/to excel

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

比赛 (比賽)
决赛 (決賽)
 ()
赛季 (賽季)
赛车 (賽車)

Medium Frequency

公开赛 (公開賽)
冠军赛 (冠軍賽)
半决赛 (半決賽)
参赛 (參賽)
季后赛 (季後賽)
拉力赛 (拉力賽)
淘汰赛 (淘汰賽)
球赛 (球賽)
竞赛 (競賽)
赛事 (賽事)
赛场 (賽場)
赛程 (賽程)
赛跑 (賽跑)
赛点 (賽點)
锦标赛 (錦標賽)
开赛 (開賽)
马赛 (馬賽)
马赛克 (馬賽克)
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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