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  1. 金 is the 260th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 259 words.
  4. appears as a component in 492 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jin1 - surname Jin/surname Kim (Korean)/Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
  2. jin1 - gold/chemical element Au/generic term for lustrous and ductile metals/money/golden/highly respected/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 金 (jin1): The component 金 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
 
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Medium Frequency

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
基金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
白金 
租金 
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金刚 (金剛)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 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)

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  1. 江 is the 577th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 217 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (work)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jiang1 - surname Jiang
  2. jiang1 - river/CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
江南 
江山 
江湖 
江苏 (江蘇)
江西 
浙江 
长江 (長江)
丽江 (麗江)

Medium Frequency

九江 
内江 (內江)
吴江 (吳江)
岷江 
平江 
廉江 
怒江 
晋江 (晉江)
晋江市 (晉江市)
曲江 
东江 (東江)
松江 
松江区 (松江區)
松花江 
柳江 
椒江 
江北 
江北区 (江北區)
江宁 (江寧)
江宁区 (江寧區)
江户 (江戶)
江东 (江東)
江水 
江河 
江汉 (江漢)
江汉区 (江漢區)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
江西省 
江边 (江邊)
江郎才尽 (江郎才盡)
江门 (江門)
江阴 (江陰)
江面 
沿江 
浙江省 
浦江 
湘江 
湛江 
滨江 (濱江)
漓江 (灕江)
牡丹江 
珠江 
翻江倒海 
临江 (臨江)
西江 
都江堰 
金沙江 
钱塘江 (錢塘江)
锦江 (錦江)
锦江区 (錦江區)
镇江 (鎮江)
阳江 (陽江)
黄浦江 (黃浦江)
黑龙江 (黑龍江)
黑龙江省 (黑龍江省)
龙江 (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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