1. 久
  2. 而
  3. 久
  4. 之

久

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  1. 久 is the 636th most frequent character.
  2. 久 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 久 appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. 久 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
久 => 勹, ㇏
Radical :
久 => 勹 (wrap), ㇏ (N/A)
Graphical :
久 => ㇆, ㇒, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu3 - (long) time/(long) duration of time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

久 
好久 

Medium Frequency

不久 
久久 
久违 (久違)
久远 (久遠)
多久 
天长地久 (天長地久)
恒久 (恆久)
持久 
永久 
许久 (許久)
长久 (長久)

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久 also appears in:
疚灸玖羑

而

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  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

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而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒

久

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Meta:

  1. 久 is the 636th most frequent character.
  2. 久 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 久 appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. 久 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
久 => 勹, ㇏
Radical :
久 => 勹 (wrap), ㇏ (N/A)
Graphical :
久 => ㇆, ㇒, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu3 - (long) time/(long) duration of time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

久 
好久 

Medium Frequency

不久 
久久 
久违 (久違)
久远 (久遠)
多久 
天长地久 (天長地久)
恒久 (恆久)
持久 
永久 
许久 (許久)
长久 (長久)

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久 also appears in:
疚灸玖羑

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Meta:

  1. 之 is the 44th most frequent character.
  2. 之 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 之 appears as a character in 173 words.
  4. 之 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
之 => 𪜋, ㇝
Radical :
之 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot), 戈 (spear), ㇝ (N/A)
Graphical :
之 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, ㇝

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 之 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之 
之前 
之后 (之後)

Medium Frequency

一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之一 
之上 
之下 
之中 
之内 (之內)
之外 
之所以 
之间 (之間)
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
总之 (總之)

Appears In:

之 also appears in:
乏芝
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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