1. 艾
  2. 美
  3. 奖

艾

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  1. 艾 is the 1289th most frequent character.
  2. 艾 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 艾 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 艾 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
艾 => 艹, 乂
Radical :
艾 => 艹 (grass), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
艾 => 艹, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ai4 - surname Ai
  2. ai4 - Chinese mugwort or wormwood/to stop or cut short/phonetic "ai" or "i"/abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
  3. yi4 - to mow/to cut/to reap/to redress

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (ai4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (yi4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

自怨自艾 
艾 
艾滋 
艾滋病 

Medium Frequency

布宜诺斯艾利斯 (布宜諾斯艾利斯)
艾哈迈迪内贾德 (艾哈邁迪內賈德)
艾未未 
艾森豪威尔 (艾森豪威爾)
艾灸 
艾美奖 (艾美獎)
艾草 
艾叶 (艾葉)
艾迪 
艾青 
苦艾 
苦艾酒 
防艾 

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艾 also appears in:
哎砹鴱餀

美

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

Decomposition:

Once :
美 => 羊, 大
Radical :
美 => 羊 (sheep), 大 (big)
Graphical :
美 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 人, 一

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 
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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美 also appears in:
羹镁

奖

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  1. 奖 is the 1231st most frequent character.
  2. 奖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 奖 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 奖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
奖 => No glyph available, 大
Radical :
奖 => 丬 (split wood), 夕 (evening/unset), 大 (big)
Graphical :
奖 => 一, 丶, 丨, 夕, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiang3 - prize/award/encouragement/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奖 (jiang3): The component 丬 is pronounced as 'qiang2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大奖 (大獎)
奖 (獎)
奖励 (獎勵)
奖品 (獎品)

Medium Frequency

中奖 (中獎)
抽奖 (抽獎)
奖金 (獎金)
奖项 (獎項)
获奖 (獲獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
颁奖 (頒獎)
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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