Meta:

  1. 償 is the 1327th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (human), (small), (cover), (mouth), (shell)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chang2 - to repay/to compensate for/to recompense/to fulfill (hopes etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

补偿 (補償)
赔偿 (賠償)

Medium Frequency

 ()
偿命 (償命)
偿还 (償還)
如愿以偿 (如願以償)
得不偿失 (得不償失)
无偿 (無償)

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Meta:

  1. 命 is the 258th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 95 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (one), (mouth), (seal)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ming4 - life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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.