1. 紫
  2. 禁
  3. 城

紫

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  1. 紫 is the 1644th most frequent character.
  2. 紫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紫 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 紫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紫 => 此, 糸
Radical :
紫 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紫 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi3 - purple/violet/amethyst/Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)/Japanese: murasaki

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 此 is pronounced as 'ci3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紫 
紫外线 (紫外線)
紫色 

Medium Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
紫禁城 
紫红色 (紫紅色)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
紫荆 (紫荊)
紫菜 
紫薇 
紫金 
紫金山 
紫阳 (紫陽)
万紫千红 (萬紫千紅)

禁

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  1. 禁 is the 984th most frequent character.
  2. 禁 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 禁 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 禁 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
禁 => 林, 示
Radical :
禁 => 林 (N/A), 示 (sign)
Graphical :
禁 => 林, 二, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin1 - to endure
  2. jin4 - to prohibit/to forbid

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 禁 (jin1): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 禁 (jin4): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

禁 
禁忌 
禁止 

Medium Frequency

不禁 
严禁 (嚴禁)
囚禁 
禁区 (禁區)
禁运 (禁運)
禁锢 (禁錮)
禁食 
解禁 
软禁 (軟禁)

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禁 also appears in:
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城

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  1. 城 is the 413th most frequent character.
  2. 城 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 城 appears as a character in 260 words.
  4. 城 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
城 => 土, 成
Radical :
城 => 土 (earth), 一 (one), 丿 (bend), ㇆ (N/A), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
城 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丿, ㇆, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cheng2 - city walls/city/town/CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 城 (cheng2): The component 成 is pronounced as 'cheng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

城 
城市 

Medium Frequency

京城 
倾城 (傾城)
全城 
古城 
商城 
围城 (圍城)
城区 (城區)
城堡 
城府 
城墙 (城牆)
城管 
城乡 (城鄉)
城镇 (城鎮)
增城 
攻城 
新城 
曼城 
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
满城 (滿城)
省城 
禅城区 (禪城區)
县城 (縣城)
西城区 (西城區)
费城 (費城)
进城 (進城)
达坂城 (達坂城)
长城 (長城)
双城 (雙城)
韩城 (韓城)
龙城 (龍城)
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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