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  1. 冬 is the 1382nd most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dong1 - winter
  2. Dong1 - surname Dong
  3. dong1 - sound of beating a drum/onomatopoeia for rat-a-tat etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
冬天 
冬季 

Medium Frequency

冬瓜 
冬眠 
寒冬 
过冬 (過冬)

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  1. 季 is the 1277th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grain), (child)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji4 - surname Ji
  2. ji4 - season/the last month of a season/fourth or youngest amongst brothers/classifier for seasonal crop yields

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 季 (ji4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 季 (ji4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi5'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

冬季 
 

Medium Frequency

夏季 
季度 
季节 (季節)
季军 (季軍)
春季 
秋季 
赛季 (賽季)
雨季 

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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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