Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𪜋,
Radical :
=> (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

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Meta:

  1. 间 is the 135th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian1 - between/among/within a definite time or space/room/section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars/classifier for rooms
  2. jian4 - gap/to separate/to thin out (seedlings)/to sow discontent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之间 (之間)
夜间 (夜間)
房间 (房間)
时间 (時間)
瞬间 (瞬間)
空间 (空間)
 ()

Medium Frequency

世间 (世間)
中间 (中間)
人间 (人間)
晚间 (晚間)
期间 (期間)
民间 (民間)
突然间 (突然間)
卫生间 (衛生間)
开间 (開間)
间断 (間斷)
间谍 (間諜)

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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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