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  1. 前 is the 93rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 137 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (one), (moon), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian2 - front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之前 
以前 
 

Medium Frequency

前世 
前来 (前來)
前夕 
前夜 
前天 
前妻 
前年 
前往 
前后 (前後)
前所未有 
前提 
前方 
前景 
前期 
前程 
前者 
前辈 (前輩)
前途 
前进 (前進)
前面 
向前 
婚前 
往前 
从前 (從前)
提前 
日前 
此前 
当前 (當前)
目前 
眼前 
面前 

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Meta:

  1. 夫 is the 377th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (two)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fu1 - husband/man/manual worker/conscripted laborer (old)
  2. fu2 - (classical) this, that/he, she, they/(exclamatory final particle)/(initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

丈夫 
功夫 
大夫 
夫人 
夫妻 
夫妇 (夫婦)
姐夫 
屠夫 

Medium Frequency

前夫 
 
夫子 
妹夫 
姨夫 
居里夫人 
工夫 
懦夫 
渔夫 (漁夫)
车夫 (車夫)
农夫 (農夫)
马夫 (馬伕)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)

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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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