Meta:

  1. 中 is the 14th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 305 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (line)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhong1 - China/Chinese/surname Zhong
  2. zhong1 - within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
  3. zhong4 - to hit (the mark)/to be hit by/to suffer/to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
中国 (中國)

Medium Frequency

中共 
中午 
中原 
中国人 (中國人)
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中央 
中学 (中學)
中山 
中年 
中式 
中心 
中性 
中意 
中文 
中新网 (中新網)
中毒 
中奖 (中獎)
中等 
中级 (中級)
中华 (中華)
中药 (中藥)
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中间 (中間)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
之中 
其中 
初中 
命中 
国中 (國中)
家中 
市中心 
心中 
击中 (擊中)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
看中 
空中 
途中 
集中 
高中 
高中生 

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Meta:

  1. 共 is the 330th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (one), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong4 - common/general/to share/together/total/altogether/abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 共 (gong4): The component 龷 is pronounced as 'gong4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
共同 

Medium Frequency

一共 
中共 
公共 
共事 
共享 
共同点 (共同點)
共和国 (共和國)
共存 
共振 
共产主义 (共產主義)
共产党 (共產黨)
共处 (共處)
共计 (共計)
共识 (共識)
共鸣 (共鳴)
总共 (總共)
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.