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  1. 左 is the 780th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂇,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (work)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo3 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo3 - left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

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  1. 右 is the 781st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂇,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you4 - right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 右 (you4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

右边 (右邊)
左右 

Medium Frequency

 
右侧 (右側)
右手 
向右 
左右逢源 

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Meta:

  1. 逢 is the 2176th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (go), (one), (two), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. feng2 - to meet by chance/to come across/to fawn upon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 逢 (feng2): The component 夆 is pronounced as 'feng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

相逢 
 

Medium Frequency

左右逢源 
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
重逢 

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  1. 源 is the 669th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cliff), (white), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - root/source/origin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 源 (yuan2): The component 原 is pronounced as 'yuan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Medium Frequency

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
 
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)
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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