Meta:

  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (line)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

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Meta:

  1. 指 is the 261st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (spoon), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - finger/to point at or to/to indicate or refer to/to depend on/to count on/(of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 旨 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手指 
 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Medium Frequency

中指 
大拇指 
戒指 
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.