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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sheep), (big)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

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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  1. 索 is the 803rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 55 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (ten), (cover), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Suo3 - surname Suo/abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
  2. suo3 - to search/to demand/to ask/to exact/large rope/isolated

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

探索 
搜索 
检索 (檢索)

Medium Frequency

不假思索 
利索 
勒索 
导火索 (導火索)
思索 
摸索 
求索 
毕加索 (畢加索)
 
索取 
索尼 
索性 
索尔 (索爾)
索赔 (索賠)
索道 
索马里 (索馬裡)
线索 (線索)
绳索 (繩索)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
高加索 

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), 丿 (bend), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

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

 

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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  1. 达 is the 289th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 122 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (big)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Da2 - surname Da
  2. da2 - to attain/to reach/to amount to/to communicate/eminent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 达 (da2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 达 (da2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

到达 (到達)
表达 (表達)
 ()
达人 (達人)
达到 (達到)

Medium Frequency

传达 (傳達)
哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
抵达 (抵達)
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
柯达 (柯達)
溜达 (溜達)
发达 (發達)
直达 (直達)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
豁达 (豁達)
转达 (轉達)
送达 (送達)
通达 (通達)
达坂城 (達坂城)
达州 (達州)
达成 (達成)
达拉斯 (達拉斯)
达标 (達標)
达沃斯 (達沃斯)
达尔文 (達爾文)
达菲 (達菲)
达观 (達觀)
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
马自达 (馬自達)
马达 (馬達)
高达 (高達)

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  1. 米 is the 575th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 97 words.
  4. appears as a component in 158 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (rice)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mi3 - surname Mi
  2. mi3 - rice/CL:粒[li4]/meter (classifier)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 米 (mi3): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 米 (mi3): The component 米 is pronounced as 'mi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
虾米 (蝦米)

Medium Frequency

厘米 
大米 
小米 
平方米 
平米 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
毫米 
爆米花 
玉米 
米粉 
米粒 
米粥 
米线 (米線)
米兰 (米蘭)
米饭 (米飯)
糙米 
糯米 
糯米粉 
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
花生米 
薏米 
西米 

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  1. 亚 is the 420th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 168 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), No glyph available, (eight/divide), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ya4 - Asia/Asian/second/next to/inferior/sub-/Taiwan pr. [ya3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 亚 (ya4): The component 业 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 亚 (ya4): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 亚 (ya4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
 ()
亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
亚洲 (亞洲)
亚当 (亞當)
亚军 (亞軍)
亚马逊 (亞馬遜)
东北亚 (東北亞)
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
炎亚纶 (炎亞綸)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
诺亚 (諾亞)
诺基亚 (諾基亞)
马来西亚 (馬來西亞)

Medium Frequency

三亚市 (三亞市)
不亚于 (不亞於)
中亚 (中亞)
亚丁 (亞丁)
亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
亚伦 (亞倫)
亚利桑那 (亞利桑那)
亚利桑那州 (亞利桑那州)
亚太 (亞太)
亚太区 (亞太區)
亚热带 (亞熱帶)
亚特兰大 (亞特蘭大)
亚瑟 (亞瑟)
亚瑟王 (亞瑟王)
亚当斯 (亞當斯)
亚的斯亚贝巴 (亞的斯亞貝巴)
亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)
亚细亚 (亞細亞)
亚美尼亚 (亞美尼亞)
亚裔 (亞裔)
亚运 (亞運)
亚运会 (亞運會)
亚运村 (亞運村)
亚里士多德 (亞里士多德)
亚麻 (亞麻)
亚龙湾 (亞龍灣)
保加利亚 (保加利亞)
克罗地亚 (克羅地亞)
利比亚 (利比亞)
利比里亚 (利比里亞)
加利福尼亚 (加利福尼亞)
加利福尼亚州 (加利福尼亞州)
加泰罗尼亚 (加泰羅尼亞)
南亚 (南亞)
博洛尼亚 (博洛尼亞)
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
坦桑尼亚 (坦桑尼亞)
埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
大亚湾 (大亞灣)
尼日利亚 (尼日利亞)
几内亚 (幾內亞)
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
斯洛文尼亚 (斯洛文尼亞)
李亚鹏 (李亞鵬)
东亚 (東亞)
东南亚 (東南亞)
格鲁吉亚 (格魯吉亞)
欧亚 (歐亞)
比亚迪 (比亞迪)
波西米亚 (波西米亞)
热那亚 (熱那亞)
玻利维亚 (玻利維亞)
玛利亚 (瑪利亞)
玛丽亚 (瑪麗亞)
纳尼亚 (納尼亞)
索菲亚 (索菲亞)
维多利亚港 (維多利亞港)
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
圣地亚哥 (聖地亞哥)
肯尼亚 (肯尼亞)
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
菲亚特 (菲亞特)
西亚 (西亞)
西伯利亚 (西伯利亞)
宾夕法尼亚 (賓夕法尼亞)
赞比亚 (贊比亞)
起亚 (起亞)
阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞)

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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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