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. 筒 is the 2084th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (upside down box), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tong3 - tube/cylinder

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 筒 (tong3): The component 同 is pronounced as 'tong2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 筒 (tong3): The component 同 is pronounced as 'tong4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传声筒 (傳聲筒)
手电筒 (手電筒)
话筒 (話筒)

Medium Frequency

出气筒 (出氣筒)
圆筒 (圓筒)
垃圾筒 
滚筒 (滾筒)
甜筒 
竹筒 
笔筒 (筆筒)
 
听筒 (聽筒)
万花筒 (萬花筒)
长筒靴 (長筒靴)
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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