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  1. 源 is the 669th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cliff), (white), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - root/source/origin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 源 (yuan2): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Medium Frequency

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
 
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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Meta:

  1. 源 is the 669th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cliff), (white), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - root/source/origin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 源 (yuan2): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Medium Frequency

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
 
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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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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  1. 断 is the 434th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (rice), (axe)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan4 - to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely,decidedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不断 (不斷)
 ()
果断 (果斷)

Medium Frequency

中断 (中斷)
切断 (切斷)
判断 (判斷)
判断力 (判斷力)
剪断 (剪斷)
垄断 (壟斷)
打断 (打斷)
折断 (折斷)
挂断 (掛斷)
推断 (推斷)
断奶 (斷奶)
断定 (斷定)
断断续续 (斷斷續續)
断桥 (斷橋)
断气 (斷氣)
断章取义 (斷章取義)
断绝 (斷絕)
断线 (斷線)
断肠 (斷腸)
断裂 (斷裂)
断送 (斷送)
断电 (斷電)
武断 (武斷)
决断 (決斷)
源源不断 (源源不斷)
片断 (片斷)
诊断 (診斷)
间断 (間斷)
隔断 (隔斷)
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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