1. 美
  2. 因
  3. 茨

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

因

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Meta:

  1. 因 is the 96th most frequent character.
  2. 因 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 因 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 因 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
因 => 囗, 大
Radical :
因 => 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)
Graphical :
因 => 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin1 - cause/reason/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

因 
因为 (因為)

Medium Frequency

原因 
因果 
因此 
因素 
因而 
基因 
死因 

Appears In:

因 also appears in:
恩烟姻咽茵胭氤洇铟骃秵絪駰裀銦

茨

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Meta:

  1. 茨 is the 1933rd most frequent character.
  2. 茨 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 茨 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 茨 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
茨 => 艹, 次
Radical :
茨 => 艹 (grass), 冫 (ice), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
茨 => 艹, 丶, ㇀, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci2 - Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)/to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 次 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茨 (ci2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Medium Frequency

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
茨 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)
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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