1. 北
  2. 魏

北

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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. 北 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 北 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 北 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
北 => 匕
Radical :
北 => 北 (N/A)
Graphical :
北 => 北

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

北 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

Appears In:

北 also appears in:
北背乘剩燕乖冀骥嵊褙邶酀醼讌驥

魏

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  1. 魏 is the 1646th most frequent character.
  2. 魏 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 魏 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 魏 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
魏 => 委, 鬼
Radical :
魏 => 禾 (grain), 女 (woman), 鬼 (ghost/demon)
Graphical :
魏 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, ㇛, 一, 丿, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 乚, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei4 - surname Wei/name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States/Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han/the Wei dynasty 221-265/Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
  2. wei4 - tower over a palace gateway (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 魏 (wei4): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 魏 (wei4): The component 委 is pronounced as 'wei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

魏 
魏国 (魏國)

Medium Frequency

北魏 
魏晋 (魏晉)

Appears In:

魏 also appears in:
巍
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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