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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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Meta:

  1. 非 is the 283rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available
Radical :
=> (wrong)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei1 - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  2. fei1 - to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/(colloquial) to insist on/simply must

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 非 (fei1): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
非常 

Medium Frequency

北非 
南非 
口是心非 
是非 
无非 (無非)
莫非 
除非 
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)
非凡 
非法 
非洲 
非要 
非诚勿扰 (非誠勿擾)
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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