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  1. 姑 is the 992nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu1 - paternal aunt/husband's sister/husband's mother (old)/nun/for the time being (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姑娘 

Medium Frequency

大姑 
 
姑姑 
姑妈 (姑媽)
灰姑娘 

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Meta:

  1. 媽 is the 749th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (horse)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ma1 - ma/mom/mother

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 媽 (ma1): The component 馬 is pronounced as 'ma3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
妈妈 (媽媽)

Medium Frequency

姨妈 (姨媽)
妈咪 (媽咪)
老妈 (老媽)
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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