1. 午
  2. 后

午

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  1. 午 is the 1002nd most frequent character.
  2. 午 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 午 appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. 午 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
午 => 干, ㇒
Radical :
午 => 干 (dry), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
午 => 一, 一, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu3 - 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

下午 

Medium Frequency

上午 
中午 
午夜 
午后 (午後)
午饭 (午飯)
午餐 

Appears In:

午 also appears in:
许杵忤缶迕仵許

后

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Meta:

  1. 后 is the 48th most frequent character.
  2. 后 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 后 appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. 后 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
后 => ⺁, 𠮛
Radical :
后 => ⺁ (cliff), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
后 => 丿, ㇒, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hou4 - surname Hou
  2. hou4 - empress/queen
  3. hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 后 (hou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
后 
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后悔 (後悔)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
皇后 
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

Appears In:

后 also appears in:
垢逅诟骺郈詬
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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