1. 沿
  2. 著

沿

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  1. 沿 is the 1180th most frequent character.
  2. 沿 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沿 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 沿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沿 => 氵, No glyph available
Radical :
沿 => 氵 (water), 几 (table), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
沿 => ⺀, ㇀, 丿, ㇠, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - along/following (a line)
  2. yan4 - riverside (often with 兒|儿 erhua)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沿着 (沿著)
沿途 

Medium Frequency

前沿 
沿 
沿岸 
沿江 
沿海 
沿线 (沿線)
沿路 

著

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Meta:

  1. 著 is a very uncommon character.
  2. 著 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 著 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 著 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
著 => 艹, 者
Radical :
著 => 艹 (grass), 耂 (old), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
著 => 艹, 耂, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - to make known/to show/to prove/to write/book/outstanding

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 著 (zhu4): The component 者 is pronounced as 'zhe3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

著 

Medium Frequency

著名 
显著 (顯著)

Appears In:

著 also appears in:
躇
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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