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  1. 张 is the 318th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bow), (long/grow)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhang1 - surname Zhang
  2. zhang1 - to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'chang2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'zhang3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
紧张 (緊張)

Medium Frequency

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张学友 (張學友)
张家界 (張家界)
张居正 (張居正)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
慌张 (慌張)
扩张 (擴張)
夸张 (誇張)
开张 (開張)

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  1. 家 is the 56th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 295 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jia1 - surname Jia
  2. jia1 - home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回家 
大家 
 
玩家 

Medium Frequency

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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  1. 界 is the 288th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 69 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (field), (human), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie4 - boundary/scope/extent/circles/group/kingdom (taxonomy)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 界 (jie4): The component 介 is pronounced as 'jie4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

世界 

Medium Frequency

境界 
外界 
张家界 (張家界)
 
界面 
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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