Meta:

  1. 竹 is the 1586th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 237 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (bamboo)
Graphical :
=> 𠂉, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu2 - bamboo/CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 竹 (zhu2): The component 竹 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

爆竹 

Medium Frequency

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
胸有成竹 
腐竹 

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Meta:

  1. 溪 is the 2189th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (claw/talon), (short/tiny), (big)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - creek/rivulet
  2. xi1 - variant of 溪[xi1], creek/rivulet

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 溪 (xi1): The component 奚 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

小溪 
 

Medium Frequency

南溪 
大溪 
安溪 
尤溪 
屯溪 
巫溪 
慈溪 
慈溪市 
本溪 
溪口 
溪流 
溪涧 (溪澗)
溪谷 
玉溪 
绩溪 (績溪)
花溪 
苍溪 (蒼溪)
蓬溪 
兰溪 (蘭溪)
兰溪市 (蘭溪市)
贵溪 (貴溪)
遂溪 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.