1. 胡
  2. 锦
  3. 涛

胡

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  1. 胡 is the 804th most frequent character.
  2. 胡 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 胡 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 胡 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胡 => 古, 月
Radical :
胡 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
胡 => 一, 丨, 口, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hu2 - surname Hu
  2. hu2 - non-Han people, esp. from central Asia/reckless/outrageous/what?/why?/to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
  3. hu2 - see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  4. hu2 - beard/mustache/whiskers

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胡 (hu2): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

二胡 
胡 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡子 (鬍子)

Medium Frequency

死胡同 
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡同 
胡扯 
胡搅 (胡攪)
胡桃 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
胡话 (胡話)
胡说 (胡說)
胡适 (胡適)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
胡闹 (胡鬧)
胡须 (鬍鬚)
黑胡椒 

Appears In:

胡 also appears in:
湖糊蝴瑚葫鹕猢煳醐餬鍸

锦

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  1. 锦 is the 1944th most frequent character.
  2. 锦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锦 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 锦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锦 => 钅, 帛
Radical :
锦 => 钅 (metal/gold), 白 (white), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
锦 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 口, 一, ㇒, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin3 - brocade/embroidered work/bright

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锦 (jin3): The component 巾 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
锦 (錦)
锦江 (錦江)
锦绣 (錦繡)
集锦 (集錦)

Medium Frequency

世锦赛 (世錦賽)
盘锦 (盤錦)
衣锦还乡 (衣錦還鄉)
锦上添花 (錦上添花)
锦州 (錦州)
锦标赛 (錦標賽)
锦江区 (錦江區)

涛

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  1. 涛 is the 2050th most frequent character.
  2. 涛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 涛 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 涛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
涛 => 氵, 寿
Radical :
涛 => 氵 (water), 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
涛 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 二, 丨, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tao1 - big wave

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

波涛 (波濤)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)

Medium Frequency

涛 (濤)
惊涛 (驚濤)
惊涛骇浪 (驚濤駭浪)
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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