Meta:

  1. 年 is the 45th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 181 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂉,
Radical :
=> 丿 (bend), (one), (ten), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nian2 - surname Nian
  2. nian2 - year/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今年 
 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 

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Meta:

  1. 紀 is the 584th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (oneself)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji4 - surname Ji
  2. ji4 - discipline/age/era/period/order/record

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紀 (ji4): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

世纪 (世紀)
年纪 (年紀)
纪念 (紀念)
纪录 (紀錄)

Medium Frequency

中纪委 (中紀委)
纪元 (紀元)
纪委 (紀委)
纪实 (紀實)
纪律 (紀律)
纪念品 (紀念品)
纪念堂 (紀念堂)
纪念日 (紀念日)
纪念碑 (紀念碑)
纪念馆 (紀念館)
纪检 (紀檢)
纪录片 (紀錄片)
经纪 (經紀)
经纪人 (經紀人)
违纪 (違紀)
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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