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  1. 铁 is the 777th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (human), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tie3 - surname Tie
  2. tie3 - iron (metal)/arms/weapons/hard/strong/violent/unshakeable/determined/close/tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
 ()
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Medium Frequency

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)

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  1. 岭 is the 2209th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ling3 - mountain range/mountain ridge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 岭 (ling3): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 岭 (ling3): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 岭 (ling3): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

八达岭 (八達嶺)
分水岭 (分水嶺)
岭南 (嶺南)
温岭 (溫嶺)
秦岭 (秦嶺)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)

Medium Frequency

上甘岭 (上甘嶺)
公主岭 (公主嶺)
南岭 (南嶺)
大兴安岭 (大興安嶺)
山岭 (山嶺)
峻岭 (峻嶺)
果岭 (果嶺)
温岭市 (溫嶺市)
荒山野岭 (荒山野嶺)
蕉岭 (蕉嶺)
蕉岭县 (蕉嶺縣)
铁岭市 (鐵嶺市)
长岭 (長嶺)
高岭土 (高嶺土)

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  1. 市 is the 254th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 649 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (lid), (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - market/city/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

城市 
市区 (市區)
市场 (市場)
市民 
超市 

Medium Frequency

上市 
上海市 
佛山市 
利市 
副市长 (副市長)
北京市 
南京市 
南宁市 (南寧市)
吉林市 
夜市 
天津市 
宁波市 (寧波市)
 
市中心 
市内 (市內)
市场价 (市場價)
市场化 (市場化)
市委 
市政 
市政府 
市政厅 (市政廳)
市长 (市長)
市面 
常州市 
厦门市 (廈門市)
广州市 (廣州市)
惠州市 
成都市 
早市 
杭州市 
东莞市 (東莞市)
楼市 (樓市)
武汉市 (武漢市)
沈阳市 (沈陽市)
深圳市 
温州市 (溫州市)
济南市 (濟南市)
无锡市 (無錫市)
牛市 
珠海市 
福州市 
股市 
菜市场 (菜市場)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
都市 
重庆市 (重慶市)
长春市 (長春市)
开市 (開市)
集市 
青岛市 (青島市)
闹市 (鬧市)

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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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