1. 书
  2. 本

书

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Meta:

  1. 书 is the 282nd most frequent character.
  2. 书 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 书 appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. 书 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
书 => No glyph available, 丶
Radical :
书 => No glyph available, 丨 (line), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
书 => ㇆, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shu1 - abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
  2. shu1 - book/letter/document/CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]/to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
书 (書)
书写 (書寫)
看书 (看書)
读书 (讀書)

Medium Frequency

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书包 (書包)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书店 (書店)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书记 (書記)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
白皮书 (白皮書)
秘书 (秘書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
遗书 (遺書)
电子书 (電子書)

本

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Meta:

  1. 本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
  2. 本 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 本 appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. 本 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
本 => 木, 一
Radical :
本 => 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
本 => 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)

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本 also appears in:
体笨钵苯缽翉
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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