Meta:

  1. 少 is the 233rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 丿
Radical :
=> (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shao3 - few/little/lack
  2. shao4 - young

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

多少 
 

Medium Frequency

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 

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Meta:

  1. 女 is the 224th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 126 words.
  4. appears as a component in 248 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nu:3 - female/woman/daughter
  2. ru3 - archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 女 (nu:3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 女 (ru3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
女人 
女孩 
美女 

Medium Frequency

儿女 (兒女)
女儿 (女兒)
女友 
女士 
女婿 
女娲 (女媧)
女子 
女性 
女星 
女朋友 
女王 
女生 
女皇 
女神 
女装 (女裝)
女郎 
侄女 (姪女)
妇女 (婦女)
子女 
少女 
歌女 
淑女 
男女 
织女 (織女)
处女 (處女)
闺女 (閨女)
靓女 (靚女)
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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