1. 美
  2. 中
  3. 不
  4. 足

美

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Meta:

  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)

Appears In:

美 also appears in:
羹镁

中

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Meta:

  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. 中 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 中 appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. 中 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
中 => 口, 丨
Radical :
中 => 口 (mouth), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
中 => 口, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

Appears In:

中 also appears in:
种史冲钟虫忠仲肿串衷忡盅舯翀鈡

不

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Meta:

  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)

Appears In:

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

足

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Meta:

  1. 足 is the 527th most frequent character.
  2. 足 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 足 appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. 足 appears as a component in 172 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
足 => 口, 龰
Radical :
足 => 足 (foot)
Graphical :
足 => 口, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju4 - excessive
  2. zu2 - foot/to be sufficient/ample

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 足 (ju4): The component 足 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 足 (ju4): The component 足 is pronounced as 'zu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 龰 is pronounced as 'zou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 足 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 足 (zu2): The component 足 is pronounced as 'zu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不足 
十足 
满足 (滿足)
知足 
足 
足够 (足夠)
足球 

Medium Frequency

充足 
失足 
富足 
微不足道 
心满意足 (心滿意足)
手舞足蹈 
手足 
手足无措 (手足無措)
满足感 (滿足感)
立足 
美中不足 
自给自足 (自給自足)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
足下 
足不出户 (足不出戶)
足以 
足球场 (足球場)
足疗 (足療)
足足 
足迹 (足跡)
足金 
酒足饭饱 (酒足飯飽)
驻足 (駐足)

Appears In:

足 also appears in:
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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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