Meta:

  1. 古 is the 509th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 117 words.
  4. appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gu3 - surname Gu
  2. gu3 - ancient/old/paleo-

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
古代 
复古 (復古)

Medium Frequency

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古城 
古堡 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古筝 (古箏)
古老 
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
远古 (遠古)

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Meta:

  1. 语 is the 493rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (one), (power/force), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu3 - dialect/language/speech
  2. yu4 - to tell to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu3): The component 吾 is pronounced as 'wu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu3): The component 讠 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu3): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu4): The component 吾 is pronounced as 'wu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu4): The component 讠 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 语 (yu4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

无语 (無語)
粤语 (粵語)
絮语 (絮語)
英语 (英語)
华语 (華語)
言语 (言語)
语文 (語文)
语言 (語言)
语录 (語錄)
语音 (語音)

Medium Frequency

三言两语 (三言兩語)
佛语 (佛語)
俄语 (俄語)
俗语 (俗語)
千言万语 (千言萬語)
口语 (口語)
古语 (古語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
咒语 (咒語)
呓语 (囈語)
国语 (國語)
外国语 (外國語)
外语 (外語)
密语 (密語)
导语 (導語)
德语 (德語)
恶语 (惡語)
意大利语 (意大利語)
成语 (成語)
手语 (手語)
批语 (批語)
日语 (日語)
标语 (標語)
歇后语 (歇後語)
母语 (母語)
法语 (法語)
泰语 (泰語)
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
汉语 (漢語)
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
用语 (用語)
短语 (短語)
私语 (私語)
笑语 (笑語)
细语 (細語)
耳语 (耳語)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
术语 (術語)
西班牙语 (西班牙語)
评语 (評語)
词语 (詞語)
话语 (話語)
 ()
语句 (語句)
语意 (語意)
语气 (語氣)
语法 (語法)
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
语种 (語種)
语调 (語調)
语重心长 (語重心長)
论语 (論語)
谚语 (諺語)
谜语 (謎語)
闽南语 (閩南語)
双语 (雙語)
韩语 (韓語)
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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