1. 落
  2. 葉
  3. 歸
  4. 根

落

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  1. 落 is the 496th most frequent character.
  2. 落 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 落 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 落 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
落 => 艹, 洛
Radical :
落 => 艹 (grass), 氵 (water), 夂 (go), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
落 => 艹, ⺀, ㇀, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. la4 - to leave out/to be missing/to leave behind or forget to bring/to lag or fall behind
  2. lao4 - see 落[luo4]
  3. luo4 - to fall or drop/(of the sun) to set/(of a tide) to go out/to lower/to decline or sink/to lag or fall behind/to fall onto/to rest with/to get or receive/to write down/whereabouts/settlement

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 落 (lao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失落 
落 
角落 
部落 

Medium Frequency

低落 
冷落 
利落 
回落 
坐落 
坠落 (墜落)
堕落 (墮落)
大起大落 
掉落 
散落 
数落 (數落)
日落 
村落 
段落 
没落 (沒落)
沦落 (淪落)
滑落 
磊落 
空落落 
脱落 (脫落)
落下 
落伍 
落入 
落地 
落寞 
落实 (落實)
落差 
落幕 
落后 (落後)
落得 
落户 (落戶)
落日 
落枕 
落水 
落泪 (落淚)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
落空 
落脚 (落腳)
落叶 (落葉)
落魄 
着落 (著落)
跌落 
降落 
降落伞 (降落傘)
飘落 (飄落)

葉

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  1. 葉 is the 918th most frequent character.
  2. 葉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 葉 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 葉 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
葉 => 艹, 枼
Radical :
葉 => 艹 (grass), ㇗ (N/A), 廿 (two hands/twenty), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
葉 => 艹, ㇗, 卄, 一, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ye4 - surname Ye
  2. ye4 - leaf/page/lobe/(historical) period

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

茶叶 (茶葉)
叶 (葉)
叶子 (葉子)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)
枝叶 (枝葉)
枯叶 (枯葉)
枫叶 (楓葉)
树叶 (樹葉)
百叶窗 (百葉窗)
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
粗枝大叶 (粗枝大葉)
红叶 (紅葉)
绿叶 (綠葉)
茶叶蛋 (茶葉蛋)
落叶 (落葉)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
叶问 (葉問)
叶片 (葉片)
叶酸 (葉酸)
香叶 (香葉)

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葉 also appears in:
鐷

歸

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  1. 歸 is the 931st most frequent character.
  2. 歸 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 歸 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 歸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
歸 => No glyph available, 帚
Radical :
歸 => 㠯 (N/A), 丶 (dot), 止 (stop), 彐 (pig snout), 冖 (cover), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
歸 => 㠯, 丶, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, ㇕, 二, 冖, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gui1 - surname Gui
  2. gui1 - to return/to go back to/to give back to/(of a responsibility) to be taken care of by/to belong to/to gather together/(used between two identical verbs) despite/to marry (of a woman) (old)/division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回归 (回歸)
归 (歸)

Medium Frequency

早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归国 (歸國)
归宿 (歸宿)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
归心 (歸心)
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
归于 (歸於)
归根到底 (歸根到底)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归途 (歸途)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归类 (歸類)
海归 (海歸)
满载而归 (滿載而歸)
无家可归 (無家可歸)
当归 (當歸)
总归 (總歸)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

根

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  1. 根 is the 352nd most frequent character.
  2. 根 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 根 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 根 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
根 => 木, 艮
Radical :
根 => 木 (tree), 艮 (stopping)
Graphical :
根 => 一, 丨, 八, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gen1 - root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/CL:條|条[tiao2]/radical (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

根 
根据 (根據)
根本 
草根 

Medium Frequency

哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
培根 
压根 (壓根)
压根儿 (壓根兒)
扎根 
根源 
阿根廷 
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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