1. 冬
  2. 眠

冬

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  1. 冬 is the 1382nd most frequent character.
  2. 冬 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 冬 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 冬 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
冬 => 夂, ⺀
Radical :
冬 => 夂 (go), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
冬 => ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dong1 - winter
  2. Dong1 - surname Dong
  3. dong1 - sound of beating a drum/onomatopoeia for rat-a-tat etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

冬 
冬天 
冬季 

Medium Frequency

冬瓜 
冬眠 
寒冬 
过冬 (過冬)

Appears In:

冬 also appears in:
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眠

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Meta:

  1. 眠 is the 1983rd most frequent character.
  2. 眠 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 眠 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 眠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
眠 => 目, 民
Radical :
眠 => 目 (eye), 巳 (oneself), ㇂ (N/A), 一 (one)
Graphical :
眠 => 口, 二, 丨, 匚, 乚, ㇂, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mian2 - sleep

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 民 is pronounced as 'min2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 眠 (mian2): The component 目 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失眠 

Medium Frequency

入眠 
睡眠 
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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