Meta:

  1. 鸟 is the 1261st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 204 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. niao3 - bird/CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鸟 (niao3): The component 鸟 is pronounced as 'niao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
鸟儿 (鳥兒)

Medium Frequency

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
候鸟 (候鳥)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)

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Meta:

  1. 笼 is the 1925th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (dragon)
Graphical :
=> , 𠂇, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. long2 - basket/cage/flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum 點心|点心[dian3 xin5] such as 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5], 包子[bao1 zi5] etc/to cover/to cage/to embrace/to manipulate through trickery
  2. long3 - to cover/to cage/covering/also pr. [long2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 笼 (long2): The component 龙 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 笼 (long3): The component 龙 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

回笼 (回籠)
 ()
笼子 (籠子)
笼罩 (籠罩)
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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