Meta:

  1. 導 is the 343rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (head), (thumb)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , 𠂇, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dao3 - to transmit/to lead/to guide/to conduct/to direct

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 導 (dao3): The component 道 is pronounced as 'dao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

导演 (導演)
导致 (導致)
导航 (導航)
领导 (領導)

Medium Frequency

主导 (主導)
倡导 (倡導)
执导 (執導)
报导 (報導)
 ()
导向 (導向)
导师 (導師)
导弹 (導彈)
导读 (導讀)
导购 (導購)
导游 (導遊)
引导 (引導)
指导 (指導)
推导 (推導)
教导 (教導)
疏导 (疏導)
编导 (編導)
自导 (自導)
误导 (誤導)
辅导 (輔導)
辅导员 (輔導員)
开导 (開導)
领导人 (領導人)
领导者 (領導者)

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Meta:

  1. 向 is the 146th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiang4 - surname Xiang
  2. xiang4 - towards/to face/to turn towards/direction/to support/to side with/shortly before/formerly/always/all along

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
方向 

Medium Frequency

一向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
向上 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向前 
向右 
向日葵 
向往 (嚮往)
走向 
转向 (轉向)
面向 (面嚮)
风向 (風向)

Appears In:

also appears in:
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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