1. 美
  2. 不
  3. 胜
  4. 收

美

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  1. 美 is the 151st most frequent character.
  2. 美 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 美 appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. 美 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
美 => 羊, 大
Radical :
美 => 羊 (sheep), 大 (big)
Graphical :
美 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mei3 - the Americas/abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]/USA/abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
  2. mei3 - beautiful/very satisfactory/good/to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

完美 
美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美丽 (美麗)

Medium Frequency

优美 (優美)
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
甜美 
精美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美金 
美食 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)

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美 also appears in:
羹镁

不

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  1. 不 is the 4th most frequent character.
  2. 不 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 不 appears as a character in 752 words.
  4. 不 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
不 => 丆, 卜
Radical :
不 => 一 (one), 丿 (bend), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
不 => 一, 丿, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - (negative prefix)/not/no

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 不 (bu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)

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不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

胜

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  1. 胜 is the 742nd most frequent character.
  2. 胜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 胜 appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. 胜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胜 => 月, 生
Radical :
胜 => 月 (moon), 生 (life)
Graphical :
胜 => 冂, 二, 龶, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sheng4 - victory/success/to beat/to defeat/to surpass/victorious/superior to/to get the better of/better than/surpassing/superb (of vista)/beautiful (scenery)/wonderful (view)/(arch. pronunciation shēng) able to bear/equal to (a task)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胜 (sheng4): The component 生 is pronounced as 'sheng1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

胜 (勝)
胜利 (勝利)
必胜客 (必勝客)
战胜 (戰勝)

Medium Frequency

胜任 (勝任)
胜似 (勝似)
胜利者 (勝利者)
胜地 (勝地)
胜败 (勝敗)
胜负 (勝負)
胜过 (勝過)
胜选 (勝選)
取胜 (取勝)
名胜 (名勝)
喜不自胜 (喜不自勝)
大胜 (大勝)
好胜 (好勝)
战无不胜 (戰無不勝)
获胜 (獲勝)
美不胜收 (美不勝收)
防不胜防 (防不勝防)

收

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  1. 收 is the 351st most frequent character.
  2. 收 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 收 appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. 收 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
收 => 丩, ⺙
Radical :
收 => 丨 (line), ㇙ (N/A), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
收 => 丨, ㇙, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou1 - to receive/to accept/to collect/to restrain/to stop/in care of (used on address line after name)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 收 (shou1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

收 
收到 
收拾 
收获 (收獲)
收藏 

Medium Frequency

吸收 
回收 
接收 
收入 
收回 
收场 (收場)
收工 
收复 (收復)
收敛 (收斂)
收留 
收益 
收盘 (收盤)
收看 
收礼 (收禮)
收纳 (收納)
收紧 (收緊)
收缩 (收縮)
收听 (收聽)
收视率 (收視率)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
收购 (收購)
收集 
收音机 (收音機)
收养 (收養)
没收 (沒收)
丰收 (豐收)
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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