1. 背
  2. 井
  3. 离
  4. 乡

背

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  1. 背 is the 785th most frequent character.
  2. 背 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 背 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 背 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
背 => 北, 月
Radical :
背 => 北 (N/A), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
背 => 北, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei1 - variant of 背[bei1]
  2. bei1 - to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder
  3. bei4 - the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory/unlucky (slang)/hard of hearing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 背 (bei1): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 背 (bei4): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

背 (揹)
背叛 
背影 
背后 (背後)
背景 

Medium Frequency

手背 
背负 (揹負)
背包 
背带 (背帶)
背心 
背书 (背書)
背弃 (背棄)
背水一战 (背水一戰)
背面 
违背 (違背)

Appears In:

背 also appears in:
褙

井

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  1. 井 is the 1429th most frequent character.
  2. 井 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 井 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 井 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
井 => No glyph available, 二
Radical :
井 => No glyph available, 二 (two)
Graphical :
井 => 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jing3 - Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Jing
  2. jing3 - a well/CL:口[kou3]/neat/orderly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

井 
王府井 

Medium Frequency

井井有条 (井井有條)
井口 
井喷 (井噴)
井冈山 (井岡山)
井底之蛙 
井然 
井然有序 
坐井观天 (坐井觀天)
天井 
市井 
水井 
深井 
背井离乡 (背井離鄉)
落井下石 
龙井 (龍井)
龙井茶 (龍井茶)

Appears In:

井 also appears in:
进讲曲耕阱肼穽

离

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  1. 离 is the 418th most frequent character.
  2. 离 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 离 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 离 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
离 => No glyph available, 禸
Radical :
离 => 亠 (lid), 凵 (container), 乂 (N/A), 禸 (track)
Graphical :
离 => 一, 丶, 凵, 乂, ㇛, 丶, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. li2 - mythical beast (archaic)
  2. Li2 - surname Li
  3. li2 - to leave/to part from/to be away from/(in giving distances) from/without (sth)/independent of/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire/☲

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 离 (li2): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

离 
距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
隔离 (隔離)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离婚 (離婚)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)

Appears In:

离 also appears in:
璃禽篱漓魑螭缡離蓠醨褵謧

乡

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  1. 乡 is the 920th most frequent character.
  2. 乡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 乡 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 乡 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乡 => No glyph available, 丿
Radical :
乡 => No glyph available, 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
乡 => ㇛, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang1 - country or countryside/native place/home village or town/township (PRC administrative unit)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

他乡 (他鄉)
家乡 (家鄉)
故乡 (故鄉)
异乡 (異鄉)
老乡 (老鄉)
返乡 (返鄉)
乡 (鄉)
乡下 (鄉下)
乡村 (鄉村)
乡里 (鄉里)

Medium Frequency

下乡 (下鄉)
入乡随俗 (入鄉隨俗)
同乡 (同鄉)
城乡 (城鄉)
梦乡 (夢鄉)
宁乡 (寧鄉)
思乡 (思鄉)
新乡 (新鄉)
桐乡 (桐鄉)
桐乡市 (桐鄉市)
背井离乡 (背井離鄉)
萍乡 (萍鄉)
衣锦还乡 (衣錦還鄉)
西乡 (西鄉)
还乡 (還鄉)
乡下人 (鄉下人)
乡人 (鄉人)
乡土 (鄉土)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
乡情 (鄉情)
乡愁 (鄉愁)
乡亲 (鄉親)
乡镇 (鄉鎮)
乡长 (鄉長)
乡间 (鄉間)
乡音 (鄉音)
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)

Appears In:

乡 also appears in:
飨芗鄉
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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