Meta:

  1. 佛 is the 770th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (bow), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fo2 - Buddha/Buddhism
  2. fu2 - seemingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 佛 (fu2): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仿佛 (仿彿)
 
佛山 
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)

Medium Frequency

佛像 
佛光 
佛塔 
佛学 (佛學)
佛山市 
佛性 
佛教 
佛法 
佛爷 (佛爺)
佛祖 
佛经 (佛經)
佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
佛语 (佛語)
佛跳墙 (佛跳牆)
佛陀 
信佛 
哈佛 
念佛 
抱佛脚 (抱佛腳)
拜佛 
活佛 
老佛爷 (老佛爺)
雪佛兰 (雪佛蘭)

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Meta:

  1. 祖 is the 1023rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sign), (moon), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zu3 - surname Zu
  2. zu3 - ancestor/forefather/grandparents

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

佛祖 
祖国 (祖國)
祖宗 

Medium Frequency

始祖 
妈祖 (媽祖)
容祖儿 (容祖兒)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
 
祖传 (祖傳)
祖先 
祖坟 (祖墳)
祖母 
祖父 
祖籍 
祖辈 (祖輩)
祭祖 
鼻祖 
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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