HanziCraft - Information on 副,作,用

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副

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副 is the 763rd most frequent character.
副 has 1 dictionary entry.
副 appears as a character in 32 words.
副 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

副 => 畐, 刂

Radical :

副 => 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 田 (field), 刂 (knife)

Graphical :

副 => 一, 口, 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

fu4 - secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb/classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 副 (fu4): The component 畐 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

副市长 (副市長)

副书记 (副書記)

副校长 (副校長)

副业 (副業)

副总裁 (副總裁)

副部长 (副部長)

副院长 (副院長)

名副其实 (名副其實)

作

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作 is the 49th most frequent character.
作 has 1 dictionary entry.
作 appears as a character in 158 words.
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:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作业 (作業)

作为 (作為)

Medium Frequency

作战 (作戰)

作风 (作風)

杰作 (傑作)

创作 (創作)

动作 (動作)

动作片 (動作片)

写作 (寫作)

恶作剧 (惡作劇)

当作 (當作)

发作 (發作)

称作 (稱作)

装作 (裝作)

制作 (製作)

运作 (運作)

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作 also appears in:

用

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用 is the 51st most frequent character.
用 has 1 dictionary entry.
用 appears as a character in 148 words.
用 appears as a component in 77 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

用 => 冂, No glyph available

Radical :

用 => 用 (use)

Graphical :

用 => 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

yong4 - to use/to employ/to have to/to eat or drink/expense or outlay/usefulness/hence/therefore

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 用 (yong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

备用 (備用)

实用 (實用)

专用 (專用)

应用 (應用)

采用 (採用)

没用 (沒用)

用来 (用來)

用户 (用戶)

用尽 (用盡)

试用 (試用)

费用 (費用)

运用 (運用)

适用 (適用)

选用 (選用)

饮用 (飲用)

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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