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  1. 盖 is the 1050th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sheep), (dish)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ge3 - surname Ge
  2. gai4 - lid/top/cover/canopy/to cover/to conceal/to build

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
 ()
覆盖 (覆蓋)

Medium Frequency

加盖 (加蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)

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Meta:

  1. 茨 is the 1933rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (ice), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci2 - Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)/to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 次 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Medium Frequency

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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  1. 比 is the 199th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. appears as a component in 62 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (compare/compete)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bi3 - Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  2. bi3 - (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio
  3. bi4 - to associate with/to be near

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
比例 
比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比起 
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 
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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