1. 第
  2. 五

第

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  1. 第 is the 114th most frequent character.
  2. 第 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 第 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 第 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
第 => ⺮, 𢎨
Radical :
第 => ⺮ (bamboo), 弓 (bow), 丨 (line), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
第 => ⺮, 匚, ㇉, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. di4 - (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

第 
第一 

Medium Frequency

第二 
第五 

五

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Meta:

  1. 五 is the 279th most frequent character.
  2. 五 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 五 appears as a character in 89 words.
  4. 五 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
五 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
五 => 一 (one), 力 (power/force), 一 (one)
Graphical :
五 => 一, ㇆, 丿, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu3 - five/5

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

五 

Medium Frequency

五一 
五十 
五彩 
五星 
五星级 (五星級)
五月 
五粮液 (五糧液)
五花肉 
十五 
星期五 
第五 
周五 (週五)

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五 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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