1. 錫
  2. 箔
  3. 紙

錫

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  1. 錫 is the 2054th most frequent character.
  2. 錫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 錫 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 錫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
錫 => 金, 易
Radical :
錫 => 金 (metal/gold), 日 (sun/day), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
錫 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 口, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - tin (chemistry)/to bestow/to confer/to grant/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 錫 (xi1): The component 易 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 錫 (xi1): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

无锡 (無錫)
锡 (錫)

Medium Frequency

刘禹锡 (劉禹錫)
无锡市 (無錫市)
锡山 (錫山)
锡林浩特 (錫林浩特)
锡兰 (錫蘭)
麦肯锡 (麥肯錫)

箔

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  1. 箔 is the 4350th most frequent character.
  2. 箔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 箔 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 箔 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
箔 => ⺮, 泊
Radical :
箔 => ⺮ (bamboo), 氵 (water), 白 (white)
Graphical :
箔 => ⺮, ⺀, ㇀, 口, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bo2 - bamboo screen/door screen/metal foil/leaf/sheet/tinsel

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 箔 (bo2): The component 泊 is pronounced as 'bo2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 箔 (bo2): The component 泊 is pronounced as 'po1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 箔 (bo2): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

金箔 

Medium Frequency

铝箔 (鋁箔)
锡箔 (錫箔)
锡箔纸 (錫箔紙)

紙

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  1. 紙 is the 1018th most frequent character.
  2. 紙 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紙 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 紙 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紙 => 糹, 氏
Radical :
紙 => 糹 (silk), 氏 (clan)
Graphical :
紙 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇒, ㇗, ㇂, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - paper/CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]/classifier for documents, letter etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

报纸 (報紙)
壁纸 (壁紙)
纸 (紙)

Medium Frequency

剪纸 (剪紙)
图纸 (圖紙)
废纸 (廢紙)
折纸 (摺紙)
烧纸 (燒紙)
墙纸 (牆紙)
纸婚 (紙婚)
纸巾 (紙巾)
纸币 (紙幣)
纸张 (紙張)
纸杯 (紙杯)
纸板 (紙板)
纸条 (紙條)
纸片 (紙片)
纸牌 (紙牌)
纸箱 (紙箱)
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
贴纸 (貼紙)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)
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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