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  1. 鳞 is the 2757th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (fish), (rice), (opposite)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin2 - scales (of fish)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)

Medium Frequency

鱼鳞 (魚鱗)
鳞片 (鱗片)
鳞甲 (鱗甲)

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  1. 次 is the 183rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ice), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci4 - next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chemistry)/classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

人次 
再次 
次数 (次數)
次方 

Appears In:

also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 栉 is the 4626th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (grass), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - comb out/weed out, eliminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鳞次栉比 (鱗次櫛比)

Medium Frequency

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Meta:

  1. 比 is the 199th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. appears as a component in 62 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (compare/compete)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bi3 - Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  2. bi3 - (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio
  3. bi4 - to associate with/to be near

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
比例 
比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比起 
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 
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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