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  1. 星 is the 537th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 128 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sun/day), (life)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xing1 - star/satellite/small amount

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

三星 
明星 
 
星座 
星期 

Medium Frequency

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星星 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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Meta:

  1. 座 is the 810th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广,
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (earth), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - seat/base/stand/CL:個|个[ge4]/classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 座 (zuo4): The component 坐 is pronounced as 'zuo4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 座 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天秤座 
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
射手座 
巨蟹座 
 
星座 
水瓶座 
狮子座 (獅子座)
白羊座 
金牛座 

Medium Frequency

入座 
座位 
座椅 
插座 
摩羯座 
双子座 (雙子座)
魔羯座 

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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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