HanziCraft - Information on 古,典

古
典

古

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古 is the 509th most frequent character.
古 has 2 dictionary entries.
古 appears as a character in 117 words.
古 appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

古 => 十, 口

Radical :

古 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

古 => 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

Gu3 - surname Gu
gu3 - ancient/old/paleo-

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

复古 (復古)

Medium Frequency

亘古 (亙古)

内蒙古 (內蒙古)

古来 (古來)

古时 (古時)

古时候 (古時候)

古朴 (古樸)

古筝 (古箏)

古装剧 (古裝劇)

古诗 (古詩)

古语 (古語)

古迹 (古跡)

古风 (古風)

古龙 (古龍)

盘古 (盤古)

自古以来 (自古以來)

茶马古道 (茶馬古道)

远古 (遠古)

Appears In:

古 also appears in:

克故苦居胡固姑估枯咕辜沽骷轱钴祜鸪蛄诂牯嘏怙岵罟酤跍鴣秙

典

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典 is the 1042nd most frequent character.
典 has 1 dictionary entry.
典 appears as a character in 39 words.
典 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

典 => 曲, 八

Radical :

典 => No glyph available, 二 (two), 凵 (container), 八 (eight/divide)

Graphical :

典 => 丨, 二, 凵, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

dian3 - canon/law/standard work of scholarship/literary quotation or allusion/ceremony/to be in charge of/to mortgage or pawn

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

经典 (經典)

Medium Frequency

典礼 (典禮)

典范 (典範)

宝典 (寶典)

庆典 (慶典)

词典 (詞典)

Appears In:

典 also appears in:

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.