Meta:

  1. 梅 is the 1157th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), 丿 (bend), (one), (do not)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mei2 - surname Mei
  2. mei2 - plum/plum flower/Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
  3. mei2 - variant of 梅[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 每 is pronounced as 'mei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 梅 (mei2): The component 母 is pronounced as 'mu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
梅花 

Medium Frequency

卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
望梅止渴 
梅子 
梅州 
梅林 
梅毒 
梅县 (梅縣)
梅花鹿 
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
梅雨 
杨梅 (楊梅)
腊梅 (臘梅)
话梅 (話梅)
酸梅 
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)

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Meta:

  1. 林 is the 364th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 132 words.
  4. appears as a component in 33 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (N/A)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Lin2 - surname Lin
  2. lin2 - woods/forest/CL:片[pian4]/circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)/a collection (of similar things)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 林 (lin2): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

少林寺 
 
林黛玉 
桂林 
森林 
武林 

Medium Frequency

克林顿 (克林頓)
凡士林 
丛林 (叢林)
吉林 
吉林市 
吉林省 
园林 (園林)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
少林 
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
斯大林 
杏林 
林则徐 (林則徐)
林子 
林彪 
林心如 
林忆莲 (林憶蓮)
林木 
林立 
林肯 
林芝 
林青霞 
柏林 
格林 
梅林 
椰林 
榆林 
树林 (樹林)
玉林 
田林 
石林 
穆斯林 
竹林 
红树林 (紅樹林)
蔡依林 
阿司匹林 
雨林 
黑森林 
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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