1. 但
  2. 是

但

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Meta:

  1. 但 is the 95th most frequent character.
  2. 但 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 但 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 但 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
但 => 亻, 旦
Radical :
但 => 亻 (human), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one)
Graphical :
但 => ㇒, 丨, 口, 一, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan4 - but/yet/however/only/merely/still

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 但 (dan4): The component 旦 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

但 

Medium Frequency

但是 

是

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Meta:

  1. 是 is the 3rd most frequent character.
  2. 是 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 是 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 是 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
是 => 日, 𤴓
Radical :
是 => 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 龰 (N/A)
Graphical :
是 => 口, 一, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - is/are/am/yes/to be

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

是 

Medium Frequency

但是 
只是 
可是 
于是 (於是)
是否 
总是 (總是)
还是 (還是)

Appears In:

是 also appears in:
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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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