Meta:

  1. 言 is the 355th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 138 words.
  4. appears as a component in 386 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan2 - words/speech/to say/to talk
  2. yan2 - "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)/see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 言 (yan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

留言 
箴言 
 
语言 (語言)
谎言 (謊言)

Medium Frequency

一言不发 (一言不發)
一言九鼎 
不言而喻 
代言 
代言人 
传言 (傳言)
前言 
千言万语 (千言萬語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
名言 
失言 
宣言 
寓言 
寡言 
怨言 
慎言 
文言文 
方言 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
格言 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
无言 (無言)
无言以对 (無言以對)
甜言 
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
直言 
真言 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
总而言之 (總而言之)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
言行 
言语 (言語)
言论 (言論)
言辞 (言辭)
誓言 
诺言 (諾言)
谣言 (謠言)
遗言 (遺言)
预言 (預言)
食言 

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Meta:

  1. 行 is the 53rd most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 257 words.
  4. appears as a component in 26 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (go/do)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hang2 - a row/series/age order (of brothers)/profession/professional/relating to company
  2. xing2 - to walk/to go/to travel/a visit/temporary/makeshift/current/in circulation/to do/to perform/capable/competent/effective/all right/OK!/will do
  3. xing4 - behavior/conduct

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 行 (hang2): The component 行 is pronounced as 'hang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 行 (xing2): The component 行 is pronounced as 'xing2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 行 (xing2): The component 行 is pronounced as 'xing4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 行 (xing4): The component 行 is pronounced as 'xing2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 行 (xing4): The component 行 is pronounced as 'xing4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

排行 
旅行 
流行 
 
行动 (行動)
行走 
进行 (進行)
银行 (銀行)

Medium Frequency

一行 
上行 
下行 
中行 
例行 
修行 
出行 
分行 
可行 
同行 
执行 (執行)
天马行空 (天馬行空)
央行 
实行 (實行)
履行 
工行 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
建行 
强行 (強行)
德行 
排行榜 
支行 
旅行社 
横行 (橫行)
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
潜行 (潛行)
独行 (獨行)
发行 (發行)
自行 
自行车 (自行車)
举行 (舉行)
行事 
行人 
行列 
行善 
行囊 
行好 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
行情 
行政 
行星 
行李 
行李箱 
行业 (行業)
行为 (行為)
行程 
行者 
行货 (行貨)
行路 
行踪 (行蹤)
行车 (行車)
行长 (行長)
行头 (行頭)
行驶 (行駛)
言行 
车行 (車行)
转行 (轉行)
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
游行 (遊行)
运行 (運行)
远行 (遠行)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
银行家 (銀行家)
银行业 (銀行業)
随行 (隨行)
飞行 (飛行)
飞行员 (飛行員)
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.