1. 秦
  2. 始
  3. 皇
  4. 陵

秦

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  1. 秦 is the 1392nd most frequent character.
  2. 秦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 秦 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 秦 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
秦 => 𡗗, 禾
Radical :
秦 => 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 八 (eight/divide), 禾 (grain)
Graphical :
秦 => 一, 二, 丨, 八, ㇒, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qin2 - surname Qin/Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]/abbr. for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

秦 

Medium Frequency

秦始皇 
秦始皇陵 
秦岭 (秦嶺)
秦朝 
秦淮 
秦淮区 (秦淮區)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)

Appears In:

秦 also appears in:
臻榛嗪螓溱蓁

始

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Meta:

  1. 始 is the 381st most frequent character.
  2. 始 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 始 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 始 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
始 => 女, 台
Radical :
始 => 女 (woman), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
始 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to begin/to start/then/only then

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 始 (shi3): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

开始 (開始)

Medium Frequency

原始 
始终 (始終)

皇

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  1. 皇 is the 758th most frequent character.
  2. 皇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 皇 appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. 皇 appears as a component in 14 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
皇 => 白, 王
Radical :
皇 => 白 (white), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
皇 => 口, 一, ㇒, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Huang2 - emperor/surname Huang

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

女皇 
皇 
皇冠 
皇后 
皇帝 
皇马 (皇馬)

Medium Frequency

冠冕堂皇 
天皇 
玉皇大帝 
皇上 
皇子 
皇室 
皇宫 (皇宮)
皇家 
秦始皇 
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)

Appears In:

皇 also appears in:
煌惶凰蝗徨隍湟遑篁鳇锽鰉艎葟

陵

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  1. 陵 is the 1962nd most frequent character.
  2. 陵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 陵 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 陵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陵 => 阝, 夌
Radical :
陵 => 阝 (town), 土 (earth), 八 (eight/divide), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
陵 => 丨, ㇌, 一, 丨, 一, 八, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ling2 - mound/tomb/hill/mountain

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 陵 (ling2): The component 夌 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

金陵 

Medium Frequency

丘陵 
乾陵 
泰姬陵 
涪陵 
秦始皇陵 
铜陵 (銅陵)
陵园 (陵園)
陵水 
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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