1. 獨
  2. 居

獨

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Meta:

  1. 獨 is the 626th most frequent character.
  2. 獨 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 獨 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 獨 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
獨 => 犭, 蜀
Radical :
獨 => 犭 (dog), 罒 (net), 勹 (wrap), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
獨 => ㇁, ㇒, 口, 丨, ㇆, ㇒, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. du2 - alone/independent/single/sole/only

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 獨 (du2): The component 蜀 is pronounced as 'shu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

孤独 (孤獨)
独家 (獨家)
独特 (獨特)
独立 (獨立)
独自 (獨自)

Medium Frequency

唯独 (唯獨)
单独 (單獨)
情有独钟 (情有獨鍾)
情有独钟 (情有獨鐘)
特立独行 (特立獨行)
独 (獨)
独一无二 (獨一無二)
独来独往 (獨來獨往)
独具 (獨具)
独到 (獨到)
独创 (獨創)
独唱 (獨唱)
独奏 (獨奏)
独孤求败 (獨孤求敗)
独尊 (獨尊)
独居 (獨居)
独有 (獨有)
独木桥 (獨木橋)
独生 (獨生)
独白 (獨白)
独立自主 (獨立自主)
独处 (獨處)
独行 (獨行)
独裁 (獨裁)
独角戏 (獨角戲)
独身 (獨身)
台独 (臺獨)

居

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Meta:

  1. 居 is the 677th most frequent character.
  2. 居 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 居 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 居 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
居 => 尸, 古
Radical :
居 => 尸 (corpse), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
居 => 丨, 匚, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ju1 - surname Ju
  2. ji1 - (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
  3. ju1 - to reside/to be (in a certain position)/to store up/to be at a standstill/residence/house/restaurant/classifier for bedrooms

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ji1): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ji1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ju1): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

居然 

Medium Frequency

同居 
家居 
居 
居住 
居室 
居家 
居民 
张居正 (張居正)
故居 
蜗居 (蝸居)
邻居 (鄰居)

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居 also appears in:
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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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