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  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (run), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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  1. 早 is the 462nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zao3 - early/morning/Good morning!

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
早上 
早安 

Medium Frequency

一大早 
一早 
早日 
早晨 
早起 
早饭 (早飯)
早餐 
早点 (早點)
清早 

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also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 贪 is the 1871st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (dot), (N/A), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan1 - to have a voracious desire for/to covet/greedy/corrupt

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
贪婪 (貪婪)
贪官 (貪官)
贪心 (貪心)

Medium Frequency

贪吃 (貪吃)
贪图 (貪圖)
贪欲 (貪慾)
贪恋 (貪戀)
贪杯 (貪杯)
贪污 (貪污)
贪玩 (貪玩)
贪腐 (貪腐)
贪财 (貪財)
起早贪黑 (起早貪黑)

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Meta:

  1. 黑 is the 519th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (black)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hei1 - abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
  2. hei1 - black/dark/(loanword) to hack

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 灬 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 黑 is pronounced as 'hei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
黑暗 
黑色 

Medium Frequency

摸黑 
漆黑 
黑人 
黑夜 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑白 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑龙江 (黑龍江)
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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