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  1. 阿 is the 471st most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 152 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (one), (hook), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. A1 - abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
  2. a1 - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity/used in transliteration/also pr. [a4]
  3. e1 - flatter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
阿姨 

Medium Frequency

沙特阿拉伯 
迈阿密 (邁阿密)
阿们 (阿們)
阿伦 (阿倫)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
阿公 
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿司匹林 
阿哥 
阿妹 
阿姆斯特丹 
阿婆 
阿妈 (阿媽)
阿富汗 
阿布扎比 
阿弟 
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
阿斗 
阿根廷 
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
阿爸 
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿尔法 (阿爾法)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)
阿盟 
阿联酋 (阿聯酋)
阿胶 (阿膠)
阿兰 (阿蘭)
阿谀 (阿諛)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
阿里 
阿里山 
阿里巴巴 
阿门 (阿門)
阿飞 (阿飛)

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Meta:

  1. 里 is the 50th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 163 words.
  4. appears as a component in 52 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (village/mile)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裡|里[li3]
  2. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裏|里[li3]
  3. Li3 - Li (surname)
  4. li3 - li (Chinese mile)/500 meters (modern)/home/hometown/village/neighborhood/administrative unit

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

哪里 (哪裏)
 ()
里面 (裡面)
这里 (這裏)

Medium Frequency

三里屯 
公里 
卡路里 
可可西里 
嘴里 (嘴裡)
夜里 (夜裡)
家里 (家裡)
平方公里 
心里 (心裡)
心里话 (心裡話)
怀里 (懷裡)
歇斯底里 
水里 
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
稀里哗啦 (稀裡嘩啦)
里边 (裡邊)
里头 (裡頭)
那里 (那裏)
乡里 (鄉里)
阿里巴巴 
香格里拉 
马德里 (馬德裡)

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Meta:

  1. 巴 is the 546th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 150 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠃜,
Radical :
=> (line), No glyph available, (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ba1 - Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)/abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing/surname Ba/abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian/abbr. for Pakistan
  2. ba1 - to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus 巴士/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 巴 (ba1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下巴 
嘴巴 
大巴 
尾巴 
 
巴掌 
巴西 
巴黎 
星巴克 

Medium Frequency

中巴 
古巴 
哑巴 (啞巴)
奥巴马 (奧巴馬)
巴不得 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
巴基斯坦 
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
巴士 
巴士站 
巴斯 
巴结 (巴結)
巴赫 
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
沙巴 
泥巴 
津巴布韦 (津巴布韋)
淋巴 
淋巴瘤 
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
眨巴 
眼巴巴 
结巴 (結巴)
结结巴巴 (結結巴巴)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
锅巴 (鍋巴)
阿里巴巴 
鸡巴 (雞巴)
黎巴嫩 

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Meta:

  1. 巴 is the 546th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 150 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠃜,
Radical :
=> (line), No glyph available, (line), (second)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ba1 - Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)/abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing/surname Ba/abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian/abbr. for Pakistan
  2. ba1 - to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus 巴士/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 巴 (ba1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下巴 
嘴巴 
大巴 
尾巴 
 
巴掌 
巴西 
巴黎 
星巴克 

Medium Frequency

中巴 
古巴 
哑巴 (啞巴)
奥巴马 (奧巴馬)
巴不得 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
巴基斯坦 
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
巴士 
巴士站 
巴斯 
巴结 (巴結)
巴赫 
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
沙巴 
泥巴 
津巴布韦 (津巴布韋)
淋巴 
淋巴瘤 
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
眨巴 
眼巴巴 
结巴 (結巴)
结结巴巴 (結結巴巴)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
锅巴 (鍋巴)
阿里巴巴 
鸡巴 (雞巴)
黎巴嫩 
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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