1. 背
  2. 道
  3. 而
  4. 馳

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.
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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

道

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  1. 道 is the 52nd most frequent character.
  2. 道 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 道 appears as a character in 222 words.
  4. 道 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
道 => 辶, 首
Radical :
道 => 辶 (walk), 首 (head)
Graphical :
道 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao4 - direction/way/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō)/CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

而

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  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

馳

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  1. 馳 is the 2096th most frequent character.
  2. 馳 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 馳 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 馳 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
馳 => 馬, 也
Radical :
馳 => 馬 (horse), 乚 (second), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
馳 => 一, 二, 丨, ㇉, 灬, 乚, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi2 - run fast/speed/spread/gallop

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

奔驰 (奔馳)
飞驰 (飛馳)

Medium Frequency

周星驰 (周星馳)
疾驰 (疾馳)
背道而驰 (背道而馳)
驰 (馳)
驰骋 (馳騁)
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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