1. 元
  2. 宵

元

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Meta:

  1. 元 is the 370th most frequent character.
  2. 元 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 元 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 元 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
元 => 二, 儿
Radical :
元 => 二 (two), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
元 => 二, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yuan2 - surname Yuan/the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
  2. yuan2 - Chinese monetary unit/dollar/primary/first

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元 

Medium Frequency

元宵 
元宵节 (元宵節)
元宝 (元寶)
元旦 
元月 
元气 (元氣)
元素 
公元 
次元 
欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
美元 

Appears In:

元 also appears in:
完远园玩顽阮沅鼋芫朊鈨翫蚖黿貦笎

宵

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Meta:

  1. 宵 is the 3125th most frequent character.
  2. 宵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 宵 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 宵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
宵 => 宀, 肖
Radical :
宵 => 宀 (roof), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
宵 => 冖, 丶, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 宵 (xiao1): The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

通宵 

Medium Frequency

元宵 
夜宵 
宵夜 
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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