Meta:

  1. 唐 is the 971st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广, No glyph available
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (brush), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tang2 - Tang dynasty (618-907)/surname Tang
  2. tang2 - to exaggerate/empty/in vain/old variant of 螗

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
唐僧 
唐山 

Medium Frequency

唐人街 
唐代 
唐朝 
唐突 
唐老鸭 (唐老鴨)
大唐 
荒唐 

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Meta:

  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

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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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