1. 作
  2. 曲
  3. 家

作

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Meta:

  1. 作 is the 49th most frequent character.
  2. 作 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 作 appears as a character in 158 words.
  4. 作 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
作 => 亻, 乍
Radical :
作 => 亻 (human), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 丨 (line), 二 (two)
Graphical :
作 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - to do/to grow/to write or compose/to pretend/to regard as/to feel/writings or works

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作 
作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Medium Frequency

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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作 also appears in:
筰

曲

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Meta:

  1. 曲 is the 1064th most frequent character.
  2. 曲 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 曲 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 曲 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
曲 => 井, 凵
Radical :
曲 => No glyph available, 二 (two), 凵 (container)
Graphical :
曲 => 丨, 二, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qu1 - surname Qu
  2. qu1 - bent/crooked/wrong
  3. qu3 - tune/song/CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu1): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu3): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单曲 (單曲)
曲 
歌曲 

Medium Frequency

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)

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曲 also appears in:
典蛐農麯豊

家

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Meta:

  1. 家 is the 56th most frequent character.
  2. 家 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 家 appears as a character in 295 words.
  4. 家 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
家 => 宀, 豕
Radical :
家 => 宀 (roof), 豕 (pig)
Graphical :
家 => 冖, 丶, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jia1 - surname Jia
  2. jia1 - home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回家 
大家 
家 
玩家 

Medium Frequency

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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家 also appears in:
嫁稼镓
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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