Meta:

  1. 下 is the 42nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 255 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xia4 - down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一下 
 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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Meta:

  1. 班 is the 882nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (N/A), 丿 (bend), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ban1 - surname Ban
  2. ban1 - team/class/squad/work shift/ranking/CL:個|个[ge4]/classifier for groups

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上班 
 

Medium Frequency

上班族 
下班 
值班 
加班 
夜班 
早班 
班级 (班級)
班车 (班車)
班长 (班長)
航班 
西班牙 
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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