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  1. 吊 is the 2046th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. diao4 - to suspend/to hang up/to hang a person
  2. diao4 - a string of 100 cash (arch.)/to lament/to condole with

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

上吊 
半吊子 
吊儿郎当 (吊兒郎當)
吊坠 (吊墜)
吊带 (吊帶)
吊扇 
吊桥 (吊橋)
吊死 
吊灯 (吊燈)
吊瓶 
吊兰 (吊蘭)
吊车 (吊車)
塔吊 
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)

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Meta:

  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (run), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.