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  1. 返 is the 1428th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (cliff), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fan3 - to return (to)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 返 (fan3): The component 反 is pronounced as 'fan3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

往返 
返利 
返回 
返程 
返还 (返還)
返乡 (返鄉)
重返 

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  1. 璞 is the 3897th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (jade), No glyph available, (eight/divide), (one), (sheep), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pu2 - unpolished gem

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 璞 (pu2): The component 菐 is pronounced as 'pu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

Medium Frequency

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Meta:

  1. 归 is the 931st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gui1 - surname Gui
  2. gui1 - to return/to go back to/to give back to/(of a responsibility) to be taken care of by/to belong to/to gather together/(used between two identical verbs) despite/to marry (of a woman) (old)/division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回归 (回歸)
 ()

Medium Frequency

早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归国 (歸國)
归宿 (歸宿)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
归心 (歸心)
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
归于 (歸於)
归根到底 (歸根到底)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归途 (歸途)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归类 (歸類)
海归 (海歸)
满载而归 (滿載而歸)
无家可归 (無家可歸)
当归 (當歸)
总归 (總歸)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

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Meta:

  1. 真 is the 204th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (eye), (one), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen1 - really/truly/indeed/real/true/genuine

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
真心 

Medium Frequency

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
真实 (真實)
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真正 
真理 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
纯真 (純真)
认真 (認真)

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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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