Meta:

  1. 其 is the 85th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. appears as a component in 20 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (sweet), (one), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi2 - his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 其 (qi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
其他 
其实 (其實)

Medium Frequency

其中 
其它 
其次 
其余 (其餘)
尤其 
尤其是 
极其 (極其)
莫名其妙 
顺其自然 (順其自然)

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Meta:

  1. 次 is the 183rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ice), (yawn)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci4 - next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chemistry)/classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

人次 
再次 
次数 (次數)
次方 

Appears In:

also appears in:
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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