Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gu3 - surname Gu
  2. gu3 - ancient/old/paleo-

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
古代 
复古 (復古)

Medium Frequency

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古城 
古堡 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古筝 (古箏)
古老 
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
远古 (遠古)

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Meta:

  1. 堡 is the 1519th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (mouth), (tree), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bao3 - an earthwork/castle/position of defense/stronghold/used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"
  2. pu4 - variant of 鋪|铺/used in place names

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 堡 (bao3): The component 保 is pronounced as 'bao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 堡 (pu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 堡 (pu4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

城堡 
汉堡 (漢堡)
碉堡 

Medium Frequency

古堡 
堡垒 (堡壘)
大堡礁 
爱丁堡 (愛丁堡)
汉堡包 (漢堡包)
汉堡王 (漢堡王)
卢森堡 (盧森堡)
圣彼得堡 (聖彼得堡)
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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