1. 锱
  2. 铢
  3. 必
  4. 较

锱

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  1. 锱 is the 5882nd most frequent character.
  2. 锱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锱 appears as a character in 0 words.
  4. 锱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锱 => 钅, 甾
Radical :
锱 => 钅 (metal/gold), 巛 (river), 田 (field)
Graphical :
锱 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 巛, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi1 - ancient weight/one-eighth of a tael

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锱 (zi1): The component 甾 is pronounced as 'zai1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

铢

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  1. 铢 is the 3581st most frequent character.
  2. 铢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 铢 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 铢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
铢 => 钅, 朱
Radical :
铢 => 钅 (metal/gold), 木 (tree), 一 (one), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
铢 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丨, 八, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu1 - twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 铢 (zhu1): The component 朱 is pronounced as 'zhu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 铢 (zhu1): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泰铢 (泰銖)

Medium Frequency

铢 (銖)
锱铢必较 (錙銖必較)

必

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  1. 必 is the 248th most frequent character.
  2. 必 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 必 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 必 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
必 => 心, 丿
Radical :
必 => 心 (heart), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
必 => 𠁼, ㇃, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - certainly/must/will/necessarily

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

必 
必须 (必須)

Medium Frequency

何必 
必备 (必備)
必胜客 (必勝客)
必定 
必然 
必要 
必需品 
未必 

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必 also appears in:
秘瑟泌宓毖铋祕邲閟苾袐虙鴓鉍駜鮅

较

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  1. 较 is the 491st most frequent character.
  2. 较 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 较 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 较 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
较 => 车, 交
Radical :
较 => 车 (car), 亠 (lid), 八 (eight/divide), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
较 => 乚, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 八, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao4 - comparatively/(preposition comparing difference in degree)/to contrast/to compare/rather/fairly/clearly (different)/markedly/to haggle over/to quibble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 较 (jiao4): The component 车 is pronounced as 'ju1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 较 (jiao4): The component 交 is pronounced as 'jiao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

比较 (比較)
较 (較)

Medium Frequency

斤斤计较 (斤斤計較)
计较 (計較)
较为 (較為)
较量 (較量)
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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