Meta:

  1. 苏 is the 590th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (power/force), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. su1 - see 囉囌|啰苏[luo1 su1]
  2. su1 - variant of 蘇|苏[su1]/to revive
  3. Su1 - surname Su/abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联/abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏/abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
  4. su1 - Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)/place name/to revive/used as phonetic in transliteration

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
江苏 (江蘇)
苏醒 (甦醒)
苏州 (蘇州)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)

Medium Frequency

复苏 (復甦)
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
流苏 (流蘇)
紫苏 (紫蘇)
苏丹 (蘇丹)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
苏打 (蘇打)
苏打水 (蘇打水)
苏打粉 (蘇打粉)
苏杭 (蘇杭)
苏东坡 (蘇東坡)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏珊 (蘇珊)
苏联 (蘇聯)
苏菲 (蘇菲)
苏轼 (蘇軾)
苏黎世 (蘇黎世)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)

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Meta:

  1. 格 is the 325th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 127 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (go), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge2 - square/frame/rule/(legal) case/style/character/standard/pattern/(classical) to obstruct/to hinder/(classical) to arrive/to come/(classical) to investigate/to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 格 (ge2): The component 各 is pronounced as 'ge4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Medium Frequency

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)

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Meta:

  1. 兰 is the 641st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 125 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (one), (two)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lan2 - surname Lan/abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
  2. lan2 - orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)/fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)/lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 兰 (lan2): The component 三 is pronounced as 'san1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

爱尔兰 (愛爾蘭)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
米兰 (米蘭)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
芬兰 (芬蘭)
花木兰 (花木蘭)
英格兰 (英格蘭)
荷兰 (荷蘭)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
兰州 (蘭州)
兰花 (蘭花)
兰蔻 (蘭蔻)
西兰花 (西蘭花)

Medium Frequency

亚特兰大 (亞特蘭大)
伊斯兰 (伊斯蘭)
伊斯兰教 (伊斯蘭教)
佩兰 (佩蘭)
依兰 (依蘭)
克利夫兰 (克利夫蘭)
卡萨布兰卡 (卡薩布蘭卡)
古兰经 (古蘭經)
吊兰 (吊蘭)
君子兰 (君子蘭)
呼兰 (呼蘭)
奥克兰 (奧克蘭)
奥兰多 (奧蘭多)
宜兰 (宜蘭)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
昆士兰 (崑士蘭)
德黑兰 (德黑蘭)
爱尔兰人 (愛爾蘭人)
斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
木兰 (木蘭)
格陵兰 (格陵蘭)
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
法兰克福 (法蘭克福)
法兰西 (法蘭西)
波兰 (波蘭)
乌克兰 (烏克蘭)
乌兰察布 (烏蘭察布)
乌兰察布市 (烏蘭察布市)
乌兰巴托 (烏蘭巴托)
玉兰 (玉蘭)
白兰地 (白蘭地)
纽西兰 (紐西蘭)
罗兰 (羅蘭)
美兰 (美蘭)
芝兰 (芝蘭)
芥兰 (芥蘭)
荷兰语 (荷蘭語)
荷兰豆 (荷蘭豆)
 ()
兰博基尼 (蘭博基尼)
兰州市 (蘭州市)
兰溪 (蘭溪)
兰特 (蘭特)
兰舟 (蘭舟)
兰花指 (蘭花指)
贺兰 (賀蘭)
金兰 (金蘭)
阿兰 (阿蘭)
雪佛兰 (雪佛蘭)
马兰 (馬蘭)
龙舌兰 (龍舌蘭)

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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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