1. 阴
  2. 差
  3. 阳
  4. 错

阴

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  1. 阴 is the 985th most frequent character.
  2. 阴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 阴 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 阴 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
阴 => 阝, 月
Radical :
阴 => 阝 (town), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
阴 => 丨, ㇌, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yin1 - surname Yin
  2. yin1 - overcast (weather)/cloudy/shady/Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)/negative (electric.)/feminine/moon/implicit/hidden/genitalia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阴 (yin1): The component 月 is pronounced as 'yue4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

光阴 (光陰)
阴 (陰)
阴冷 (陰冷)
阴天 (陰天)
阴影 (陰影)
阴暗 (陰暗)
阴谋 (陰謀)
阴霾 (陰霾)

Medium Frequency

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
江阴 (江陰)
阴功 (陰功)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴暗面 (陰暗面)
阴历 (陰曆)
阴森 (陰森)
阴沉 (陰沉)
阴凉 (陰涼)
阴湿 (陰濕)
阴茎 (陰莖)
阴虚 (陰虛)
阴道 (陰道)
阴间 (陰間)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阴险 (陰險)
阴云 (陰雲)
阴郁 (陰鬱)

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阴 also appears in:
荫

差

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Meta:

  1. 差 is the 731st most frequent character.
  2. 差 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 差 appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. 差 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
差 => 羊, 工
Radical :
差 => 羊 (sheep), 工 (work)
Graphical :
差 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cha1 - difference/discrepancy/to differ/error/to err/to make a mistake
  2. cha4 - to differ from/to fall short of/lacking/wrong/inferior
  3. chai1 - to send/to commission/messenger/mission
  4. ci1 - uneven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

差 
差点 (差點)

Medium Frequency

出差 
差一点 (差一點)
差不多 
差别 (差別)
差劲 (差勁)
差异 (差異)
差距 
时差 (時差)
温差 (溫差)
相差 
落差 

Appears In:

差 also appears in:
搓磋嗟槎蹉鹾嵯艖瘥褨

阳

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Meta:

  1. 阳 is the 649th most frequent character.
  2. 阳 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 阳 appears as a character in 249 words.
  4. 阳 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
阳 => 阝, 日
Radical :
阳 => 阝 (town), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
阳 => 丨, ㇌, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang2 - positive (electric.)/sun/male principle (Taoism)/Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] ☯

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

太阳 (太陽)
沈阳 (瀋陽)
阳光 (陽光)
阳台 (陽臺)

Medium Frequency

信阳 (信陽)
南阳 (南陽)
向阳 (向陽)
咸阳 (咸陽)
夕阳 (夕陽)
太阳光 (太陽光)
太阳穴 (太陽穴)
太阳系 (太陽系)
太阳能 (太陽能)
太阳镜 (太陽鏡)
安阳 (安陽)
富阳 (富陽)
岳阳 (岳陽)
平阳 (平陽)
德阳 (德陽)
揭阳 (揭陽)
斜阳 (斜陽)
曲阳 (曲陽)
朝阳 (朝陽)
朝阳区 (朝陽區)
东阳 (東陽)
欧阳 (歐陽)
沈阳市 (沈陽市)
洛阳 (洛陽)
溧阳 (溧陽)
汉阳 (漢陽)
潮阳 (潮陽)
濮阳 (濮陽)
浏阳 (瀏陽)
益阳 (益陽)
紫阳 (紫陽)
绵阳 (綿陽)
耒阳 (耒陽)
衡阳 (衡陽)
襄阳 (襄陽)
贵阳 (貴陽)
贵阳市 (貴陽市)
资阳 (資陽)
辽阳 (遼陽)
邵阳 (邵陽)
鄱阳湖 (鄱陽湖)
金阳 (金陽)
阜阳 (阜陽)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阳 (陽)
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
阳刚 (陽剛)
阳山 (陽山)
阳性 (陽性)
阳春 (陽春)
阳历 (陽曆)
阳朔 (陽朔)
阳江 (陽江)
阳泉 (陽泉)
阳痿 (陽痿)
骄阳 (驕陽)

错

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Meta:

  1. 错 is the 637th most frequent character.
  2. 错 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 错 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 错 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
错 => 钅, 昔
Radical :
错 => 钅 (metal/gold), 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
错 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 艹, 一, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cuo4 - surname Cuo
  2. cuo4 - mistake/wrong/bad/interlocking/complex/to grind/to polish/to alternate/to stagger/to miss/to let slip/to evade/to inlay with gold or silver

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 错 (cuo4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不错 (不錯)
错 (錯)
错过 (錯過)

Medium Frequency

交错 (交錯)
做错 (做錯)
出错 (出錯)
打错 (打錯)
搞错 (搞錯)
没错 (沒錯)
犯错 (犯錯)
看错 (看錯)
认错 (認錯)
走错 (走錯)
过错 (過錯)
错失 (錯失)
错爱 (錯愛)
错觉 (錯覺)
错误 (錯誤)
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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