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  1. 公 is the 115th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (private)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

不公 
主人公 
 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

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Meta:

  1. 社 is the 270th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 55 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sign), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she4 - society/group/club/agency/(old) god of the land

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 社 (she4): The component 礻 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

社交 
社区 (社區)
社会 (社會)
黑社会 (黑社會)

Medium Frequency

公社 
出版社 
报社 (報社)
新华社 (新華社)
旅行社 
法新社 
 
社保 
社团 (社團)
社会主义 (社會主義)
社会化 (社會化)
社会学 (社會學)
社长 (社長)
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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