西

Meta:

  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 => ,
Radical :
西 => 西 (west)
Graphical :
西 => , 丿, , ,

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)

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Meta:

  1. 直 is the 255th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (ten), (eye), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi2 - surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. zhi2 - straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一直 
 
直接 
直播 

Medium Frequency

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

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Meta:

  1. 門 is the 185th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 239 words.
  4. appears as a component in 144 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠁣
Radical :
=> (gate)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Men2 - surname Men
  2. men2 - gate/door/CL:扇[shan4]/gateway/doorway/CL:個|个[ge4]/opening/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/category/phylum or division (taxonomy)/classifier for large guns/classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 門 (men2): The component 門 is pronounced as 'men2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

出门 (出門)
大门 (大門)
家门 (家門)
专门 (專門)
厦门 (廈門)
敲门 (敲門)
澳门 (澳門)
热门 (熱門)
临门 (臨門)
部门 (部門)
 ()
门口 (門口)
开门 (開門)
开门红 (開門紅)
关门 (關門)
龙门 (龍門)

Medium Frequency

上门 (上門)
串门 (串門)
五花八门 (五花八門)
入门 (入門)
冷门 (冷門)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
前门 (前門)
北门 (北門)
卡门 (卡門)
名门 (名門)
嗓门 (嗓門)
城门 (城門)
天安门 (天安門)
天门 (天門)
对门 (對門)
厦门市 (廈門市)
后门 (後門)
快门 (快門)
房门 (房門)
把门 (把門)
东直门 (東直門)
江门 (江門)
油门 (油門)
海门 (海門)
满门 (滿門)
登门 (登門)
破门 (破門)
窍门 (竅門)
肛门 (肛門)
脑门 (腦門)
荆门 (荊門)
虎门 (虎門)
西直门 (西直門)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
豪门 (豪門)
车门 (車門)
进门 (進門)
过门 (過門)
远门 (遠門)
金门 (金門)
锁门 (鎖門)
门前 (門前)
门外 (門外)
门子 (門子)
门将 (門將)
门店 (門店)
门徒 (門徒)
门户 (門戶)
门槛 (門檻)
门派 (門派)
门牙 (門牙)
门神 (門神)
门票 (門票)
门卫 (門衛)
门诊 (門診)
门铃 (門鈴)
门锁 (門鎖)
门面 (門面)
闭门 (閉門)
阿门 (阿門)
鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)
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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