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. 部 is the 84th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 106 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect), (mouth), (town)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu4 - ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 部 (bu4): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

全部 
 
部分 

Medium Frequency

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.