Meta:

  1. 先 is the 188th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cow), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian1 - early/prior/former/in advance/first

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
先生 

Medium Frequency

事先 
优先 (優先)
先后 (先後)
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
抢先 (搶先)
祖先 
领先 (領先)
首先 

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Meta:

  1. 兆 is the 2241st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (legs), (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhao4 - surname Zhao
  2. zhao4 - omen/to foretell/million/mega-/trillion/tera-/billion (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兆头 (兆頭)
征兆 (徵兆)
预兆 (預兆)

Medium Frequency

 
兆赫 
先兆 
凶兆 
前兆 
吉兆 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.