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  1. 高 is the 134th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 261 words.
  4. appears as a component in 21 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (tall)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gao1 - surname Gao
  2. gao1 - high/tall/above average/loud/your (honorific)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 高 (gao1): The component 高 is pronounced as 'gao1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

提高 
 
高中 
高手 
高清 
高兴 (高興)
高速 

Medium Frequency

增高 
崇高 
抬高 
升高 (昇高)
清高 
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
身高 
高下 
高中生 
高人 
高位 
高低 
高傲 
高僧 
高价 (高價)
高分 
高升 
高原 
高呼 
高压 (高壓)
高大 
高官 
高尚 
高层 (高層)
高山 
高峰 
高峰期 
高度 
高效 
高于 (高於)
高昂 
高明 
高材生 
高架 
高校 
高楼 (高樓)
高档 (高檔)
高歌 
高汤 (高湯)
高温 (高溫)
高涨 (高漲)
高潮 
高潮迭起 
高烧 (高燒)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)
高科技 
高空 
高端 
高等 
高管 
高粱 
高级 (高級)
高考 
高薪 
高处 (高處)
高血压 (高血壓)
高调 (高調)
高贵 (高貴)
高超 
高跟鞋 
高速路 
高达 (高達)
高铁 (高鐵)
高雄 
高雅 
高音 
高飞 (高飛)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)
高龄 (高齡)

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Meta:

  1. 潮 is the 1300th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (ten), (sun/day), (ten), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chao2 - tide/current/damp/moist/humid

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 潮 (chao2): The component 朝 is pronounced as 'chao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 潮 (chao2): The component 朝 is pronounced as 'zhao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
潮流 

Medium Frequency

人潮 
低潮 
新潮 
浪潮 
潮州 
潮水 
潮湿 (潮濕)
狂潮 
风潮 (風潮)
高潮 
高潮迭起 

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Meta:

  1. 迭 is the 3012th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (human), (two), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. die2 - alternately/repeatedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

高潮迭起 

Medium Frequency

更迭 
 
迭起 
迷迭香 

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Meta:

  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (run), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)
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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