1. 灯
  2. 火
  3. 通
  4. 明

灯

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  1. 灯 is the 1113th most frequent character.
  2. 灯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灯 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 灯 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灯 => 火, 丁
Radical :
灯 => 火 (fire), 一 (one), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
灯 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 一, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. deng1 - lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灯 (deng1): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

灯 (燈)
灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

火

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Meta:

  1. 火 is the 433rd most frequent character.
  2. 火 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 火 appears as a character in 191 words.
  4. 火 appears as a component in 226 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
火 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
火 => 火 (fire)
Graphical :
火 => 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Huo3 - surname Huo
  2. huo3 - fire/urgent/ammunition/fiery or flaming/internal heat (Chinese medicine)/hot (popular)/classifier for military units (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 火 (huo3): The component 火 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

火 
火星 
火线 (火線)
火车 (火車)
火车票 (火車票)
火车站 (火車站)
火锅 (火鍋)
烈火 
烟火 (煙火)

Medium Frequency

上火 
去火 
大火 
失火 
怒火 
恼火 (惱火)
惹火 
战火 (戰火)
打火机 (打火機)
放火 
文火 
柴火 
灭火 (滅火)
火候 
火力 
火大 
火山 
火影忍者 
火星人 
火柴 
火气 (火氣)
火灾 (火災)
火炬 
火炮 
火焰 
火焰山 
火热 (火熱)
火烧 (火燒)
火爆 
火炉 (火爐)
火神 
火箭 
火红 (火紅)
火腿 
火花 
火药 (火藥)
火辣 
火速 
火鸡 (火雞)
火龙 (火龍)
火龙果 (火龍果)
烤火 
焰火 
熄火 
灯火 (燈火)
烛火 (燭火)
发火 (發火)
篝火 
红火 (紅火)
肝火 
着火 (著火)
萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
观火 (觀火)
走火 
起火 
过火 (過火)
开火 (開火)
防火 
降火 
风风火火 (風風火火)
香火 
点火 (點火)

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火 also appears in:
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通

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Meta:

  1. 通 is the 190th most frequent character.
  2. 通 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 通 appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. 通 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
通 => 辶, 甬
Radical :
通 => 辶 (walk), 龴 (N/A), 用 (use)
Graphical :
通 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 龴, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tong1 - to go through/to know well/(suffix) expert/to connect/to communicate/open/to clear/classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
  2. tong4 - classifier for sections of music playing/classifier for bouts of unpleasant language

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

交通 
普通 
沟通 (溝通)
联通 (聯通)
通 
通宵 
通知 
通过 (通過)
开通 (開通)

Medium Frequency

亨通 
全球通 
南通 
卡通 
圆通 (圓通)
想通 
打通 
接通 
扑通 (撲通)
普普通通 
普通话 (普通話)
畅通 (暢通)
流通 
相通 
精通 
网通 (網通)
变通 (變通)
通俗 
通信 
通向 
通告 
通报 (通報)
通州 
通常 
通往 
通畅 (通暢)
通气 (通氣)
通用 
通病 
通红 (通紅)
通缉 (通緝)
通胀 (通脹)
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
通讯 (通訊)
通讯录 (通訊錄)
通话 (通話)
通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹)
通车 (通車)
通透 
通通 
通道 
通关 (通關)
通风 (通風)

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通 also appears in:
嗵

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.
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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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