Meta:

  1. 臺 is the 388th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (scholar), (mouth), (cover), (arrive)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tai2 - Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. tai2 - platform/stage/terrace/stand/support/desk/station/broadcasting station/classifier for vehicles or machines

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平台 (平臺)
 ()
台湾 (臺灣)
舞台 (舞臺)

Medium Frequency

下台 (下臺)
出台 (出臺)
前台 (前臺)
展台 (展臺)
后台 (後臺)
打擂台 (打擂臺)
擂台 (擂臺)
窗台 (窗臺)
台上 (臺上)
台中 (臺中)
台北 (臺北)
台独 (臺獨)
台词 (臺詞)
台阶 (臺階)
台面 (臺面)
台风 (臺風)
茅台 (茅臺)
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
开台 (開臺)
阳台 (陽臺)
电台 (電臺)
电视台 (電視臺)

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Meta:

  1. 灣 is the 853rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (silk), (silk), (speech), (bow)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wan1 - bay/gulf

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灣 (wan1): The component 彎 is pronounced as 'wan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 灣 (wan1): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

台湾 (台灣)
台湾 (臺灣)

Medium Frequency

亚龙湾 (亞龍灣)
波斯湾 (波斯灣)
海湾 (海灣)
港湾 (港灣)
荔湾 (荔灣)
荔湾区 (荔灣區)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
龙湾 (龍灣)

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Meta:

  1. 島 is the 796th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (one), (N/A), (dot), (one), (mountain)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - island/CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 島 (dao3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
 ()
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
青岛 (青島)

Medium Frequency

仙岛 (仙島)
冰岛 (冰島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
广岛 (廣島)
海南岛 (海南島)
海岛 (海島)
港岛 (港島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
环岛 (環島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
群岛 (群島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
青岛市 (青島市)
黄岛 (黃島)
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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