1. 西
  2. 沙
  3. 群
  4. 島

西

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  1. 西 is the 167th most frequent character.
  2. 西 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 西 appears as a character in 262 words.
  4. 西 appears as a component in 75 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
西 => 兀, 囗
Radical :
西 => 西 (west)
Graphical :
西 => 一, 丿, 乚, 冂, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xi1 - the West/abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]/Spanish
  2. xi1 - west

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 西 (xi1): The component 西 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

东西 (東西)
西 
西安 
西游记 (西遊記)

Medium Frequency

中西 
切尔西 (切爾西)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
可可西里 
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
墨西哥 
大西洋 
山西 
山西省 
巴西 
广西 (廣西)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
江西 
江西省 
河西 
湘西 
范特西 
莱西 (萊西)
西北 
西北部 
西区 (西區)
西南 
西南部 
西单 (西單)
西城区 (西城區)
西天 
西安市 
西宁 (西寧)
西式 
西方 
西方人 
西施 
西昌 
西服 
西江 
西洋 
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
西班牙 
西班牙语 (西班牙語)
西瓜 
西皮 
西直门 (西直門)
西米 
西红柿 (西紅柿)
西芹 
西葫芦 (西葫蘆)
西藏 
西兰花 (西蘭花)
西装 (西裝)
西西 
西辽 (西遼)
西边 (西邊)
西部 
西医 (西醫)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
西雅图 (西雅圖)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)
西餐 
西点 (西點)
陕西 (陝西)
陕西省 (陝西省)
马来西亚 (馬來西亞)

Appears In:

西 also appears in:
西腰牺谭洒栖晒潭茜甄湮哂硒簟傈崾僳鄄溧舾蕈粞堙镡篥賈迺襾要票飘漂覆贾栗镖粟嫖瞟瓢剽缥膘覃嘌骠鳔螵蟫禋闉麜闄鷣覅醰遷禫薦瞫覂罈磦覈藫鏢磹贉韆覇醥縹覊陻魒

沙

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  1. 沙 is the 846th most frequent character.
  2. 沙 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沙 appears as a character in 104 words.
  4. 沙 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沙 => 氵, 少
Radical :
沙 => 氵 (water), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
沙 => ⺀, ㇀, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sha1 - surname Sha
  2. sha1 - granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/CL:粒[li4]/abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沙 
沙场 (沙場)
沙拉 
沙漠 
沙滩 (沙灘)
沙发 (沙發)
长沙 (長沙)

Medium Frequency

冰沙 
南沙 
尖沙咀 
川沙 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
沙丘 
沙僧 
沙哑 (沙啞)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)
沙尘暴 (沙塵暴)
沙子 
沙巴 
沙市 
沙律 
沙沙 
沙河 
沙洲 
沙漏 
沙湾 (沙灣)
沙特 
沙特阿拉伯 
沙田 
沙画 (沙畫)
沙皇 
沙石 
沙砾 (沙礫)
沙粒 
沙县 (沙縣)
沙锅 (沙鍋)
沙头角 (沙頭角)
沙龙 (沙龍)
泥沙 
白沙 
细沙 (細沙)
豆沙 
豆沙包 
金沙 
金沙江 
长沙市 (長沙市)
风沙 (風沙)

Appears In:

沙 also appears in:
莎鲨娑裟挲痧桫髿閯鯋逤鯊

群

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  1. 群 is the 570th most frequent character.
  2. 群 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 群 appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. 群 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
群 => 君, 羊
Radical :
群 => ⺕ (pig snout), 丨 (line), 口 (mouth), 羊 (sheep)
Graphical :
群 => 匚, 一, 丨, 口, 一, 二, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qun2 - group/crowd/flock, herd, pack etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 群 (qun2): The component 君 is pronounced as 'jun1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 群 (qun2): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人群 
群 

Medium Frequency

合群 
成群 
族群 
羊群 
群山 
群岛 (群島)
群众 (群眾)
群雄 
群体 (群體)

島

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  1. 島 is the 796th most frequent character.
  2. 島 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 島 appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. 島 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
島 => No glyph available, 山
Radical :
島 => No glyph available, 一 (one), ㇉ (N/A), 丶 (dot), 一 (one), 山 (mountain)
Graphical :
島 => 匚, 一, ㇉, 丶, 一, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - island/CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 島 (dao3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
岛 (島)
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
青岛 (青島)

Medium Frequency

仙岛 (仙島)
冰岛 (冰島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
广岛 (廣島)
海南岛 (海南島)
海岛 (海島)
港岛 (港島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
环岛 (環島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
群岛 (群島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
青岛市 (青島市)
黄岛 (黃島)
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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