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  1. 研 is the 447th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stone), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - to grind/study/research

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 研 (yan2): The component 石 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 研 (yan2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

研究 

Medium Frequency

 
研发 (研發)
研磨 
研究所 
研究生 
研究院 
研制 (研製)
科研 
考研 
调研 (調研)
钻研 (鑽研)

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Meta:

  1. 究 is the 429th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cave), 丿 (bend), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu1 - after all/to investigate/to study carefully/Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 究 (jiu1): The component 九 is pronounced as 'jiu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

研究 
究竟 
终究 (終究)

Medium Frequency

研究所 
研究生 
研究院 
讲究 (講究)
追究 

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Meta:

  1. 所 is the 54th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 102 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (door/house), (axe)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. suo3 - actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
所以 
所有 

Medium Frequency

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
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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