Meta:

  1. 信 is the 176th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 132 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (speech)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xin4 - letter/mail/CL:封[feng1]/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
信息 
相信 
短信 

Medium Frequency

信仰 
信任 
信心 
信念 
信用 
信用卡 
信号 (信號)
信誉 (信譽)
信赖 (信賴)
坚信 (堅信)
明信片 
自信 
诚信 (誠信)
迷信 
电信 (電信)

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Meta:

  1. 用 is the 51st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. appears as a component in 77 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yong4 - to use/to employ/to have to/to eat or drink/expense or outlay/usefulness/hence/therefore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 用 (yong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

使用 
 

Medium Frequency

不用 
享用 
作用 
信用 
信用卡 
备用 (備用)
利用 
好用 
家用 
实用 (實用)
专用 (專用)
引用 
应用 (應用)
采用 (採用)
有用 
服用 
没用 (沒用)
用来 (用來)
用力 
用品 
用完 
用心 
用户 (用戶)
用尽 (用盡)
管用 
试用 (試用)
费用 (費用)
通用 
运用 (運用)
适用 (適用)
选用 (選用)
食用 
饮用 (飲用)

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Meta:

  1. 卡 is the 716th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 119 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (divination), (one), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ka3 - to stop/to block/card/CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]/calorie
  2. qia3 - to block/to be stuck/to be wedged/customs station/a clip/a fastener/a checkpost/Taiwan pron. [ka3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

信用卡 
充值卡 
 
打卡 
摩卡 
贺卡 (賀卡)

Medium Frequency

借记卡 (借記卡)
刷卡 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡住 
卡哇伊 
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
卡扎菲 
卡拉 
卡片 
卡特 
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
卡路里 
卡车 (卡車)
卡农 (卡農)
卡通 
卡门 (卡門)
大卡 
奥斯卡 (奧斯卡)
斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
发卡 (發卡)
绿卡 (綠卡)
网卡 (網卡)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
关卡 (關卡)
电话卡 (電話卡)
显卡 (顯卡)

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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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