1. 葛
  2. 洲
  3. 壩

葛

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  1. 葛 is the 1916th most frequent character.
  2. 葛 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 葛 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 葛 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
葛 => 艹, 曷
Radical :
葛 => 艹 (grass), 曰 (say), 勹 (wrap), 人 (human), ㇗ (N/A)
Graphical :
葛 => 艹, 口, 一, ㇆, ㇒, 人, ㇗

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ge3 - surname Ge
  2. ge2 - kudzu (Pueraria lobata)/hemp cloth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 葛 (ge2): The component 曷 is pronounced as 'he2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

诸葛亮 (諸葛亮)

Medium Frequency

瓜葛 
纠葛 (糾葛)
葛 
葛优 (葛優)
诸葛 (諸葛)

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葛 also appears in:
噶轕臈

洲

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  1. 洲 is the 700th most frequent character.
  2. 洲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 洲 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 洲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
洲 => 氵, 州
Radical :
洲 => 氵 (water), 州 (N/A)
Graphical :
洲 => ⺀, ㇀, 州

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhou1 - continent/island

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 洲 (zhou1): The component 州 is pronounced as 'zhou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

亚洲 (亞洲)
欧洲 (歐洲)
澳洲 
非洲 

Medium Frequency

三角洲 
五洲 
大洲 
株洲 
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
沙洲 
洲 
洲际 (洲際)
绿洲 (綠洲)
美洲 
非洲人 
香洲 
香洲区 (香洲區)

壩

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  1. 壩 is the 2780th most frequent character.
  2. 壩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壩 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 壩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壩 => 土, 霸
Radical :
壩 => 土 (earth), 雨 (rain), 革 (leather), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
壩 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 卄, 一, 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba4 - dam/dike/embankment/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壩 (ba4): The component 霸 is pronounced as 'ba4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坝 (壩)
大坝 (大壩)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)

Medium Frequency

堤坝 (堤壩)
平坝 (平壩)
水坝 (水壩)
沙坝 (沙壩)
溃坝 (潰壩)
葛洲坝 (葛洲壩)
阿坝 (阿壩)
阿坝州 (阿壩州)
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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