1. 茅
  2. 塞
  3. 頓
  4. 開

茅

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  1. 茅 is the 2334th most frequent character.
  2. 茅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 茅 appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. 茅 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
茅 => 艹, 矛
Radical :
茅 => 艹 (grass), 矛 (spear)
Graphical :
茅 => 艹, 龴, ㇖, 亅, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mao2 - surname Mao
  2. mao2 - reeds/rushes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 矛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 茅 (mao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
茅台 (茅臺)

Medium Frequency

三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
名列前茅 
思茅 
茅塞顿开 (茅塞頓開)
茅屋 
茅房 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
香茅 

Appears In:

茅 also appears in:
鶜

塞

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  1. 塞 is the 1078th most frequent character.
  2. 塞 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 塞 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 塞 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
塞 => 宀, No glyph available
Radical :
塞 => 宀 (roof), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
塞 => 冖, 丶, 丨, 二, 一, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sai1 - Serbia/Serbian/abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
  2. sai1 - to stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/cork/stopper
  3. sai4 - strategic pass/tactical border position
  4. se4 - to stop up/to stuff/to cope with

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

哇塞 
塞 
塞车 (塞車)
鼻塞 

Medium Frequency

埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
堵塞 
塞子 
塞满 (塞滿)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
塞翁失马 (塞翁失馬)
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
心肌梗塞 
搪塞 
活塞 
耳塞 
语塞 (語塞)
闭塞 (閉塞)
阻塞 

Appears In:

塞 also appears in:
噻簺

頓

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  1. 頓 is the 792nd most frequent character.
  2. 頓 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 頓 appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. 頓 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
頓 => 屯, 頁
Radical :
頓 => 十 (ten), 屮 (sprout), 乚 (second), 頁 (leaf)
Graphical :
頓 => 一, 丨, 丨, 凵, 乚, 一, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dun4 - to stop/to pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp (one's foot)/at once/classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 頓 (dun4): The component 屯 is pronounced as 'tun2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 頓 (dun4): The component 屯 is pronounced as 'zhun1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

顿 (頓)
顿时 (頓時)

Medium Frequency

停顿 (停頓)
劳顿 (勞頓)
博尔顿 (博爾頓)
困顿 (困頓)
安顿 (安頓)
希尔顿 (希爾頓)
捶胸顿足 (捶胸頓足)
整顿 (整頓)
曼哈顿 (曼哈頓)
波士顿 (波士頓)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
牛顿 (牛頓)
华盛顿 (華盛頓)
顿悟 (頓悟)
顿觉 (頓覺)

開

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  1. 開 is the 94th most frequent character.
  2. 開 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 開 appears as a character in 280 words.
  4. 開 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
開 => 門, 开
Radical :
開 => 門 (gate), 一 (one), 廾 (N/A)
Graphical :
開 => 門, 一, 廾

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kai1 - to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 開 (kai1): The component 开 is pronounced as 'kai1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打开 (打開)
开 (開)
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)
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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