1. 起
  2. 早
  3. 贪
  4. 黑

起

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

Decomposition:

Once :
起 => 走, 己
Radical :
起 => 走 (run), 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
起 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 匚, 乚

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 
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)

早

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

Decomposition:

Once :
早 => 日, 十
Radical :
早 => 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
早 => 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zao3 - early/morning/Good morning!

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

早 
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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早 also appears in:
章草卓覃

贪

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

Decomposition:

Once :
贪 => 今, 贝
Radical :
贪 => 人 (human), 丶 (dot), ㇇ (N/A), 贝 (shell)
Graphical :
贪 => 人, 丶, ㇇, 冂, 人

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 (貪)
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)

黑

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

Decomposition:

Once :
黑 => No glyph available, 灬
Radical :
黑 => 黑 (black)
Graphical :
黑 => 口, 丨, 丷, 一, 丨, 一, 灬

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 
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)

Appears In:

黑 also appears in:
黑默墨嘿黛黯黝黔黜黠點黩黢黧黥黟黨黴黪矘黡讜黮黶
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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