1. 史
  2. 前

史

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Meta:

  1. 史 is the 456th most frequent character.
  2. 史 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 史 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 史 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
史 => 中, 乂
Radical :
史 => 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
史 => 口, 丨, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi3 - surname Shi
  2. shi3 - history/annals/title of an official historian in ancient China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 史 (shi3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 史 (shi3): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

史 
史上 
历史 (歷史)

Medium Frequency

史册 (史冊)
史前 
史密斯 
史料 
史无前例 (史無前例)
史记 (史記)
史诗 (史詩)
文学史 (文學史)
有史以来 (有史以來)
历史性 (歷史性)
病史 
简史 (簡史)
罗曼史 (羅曼史)
近代史 
野史 

Appears In:

史 also appears in:
驶駛鉂

前

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Meta:

  1. 前 is the 93rd most frequent character.
  2. 前 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 前 appears as a character in 137 words.
  4. 前 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
前 => 䒑, 刖
Radical :
前 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 月 (moon), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
前 => 丷, 一, 冂, 二, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qian2 - front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之前 
以前 
前 

Medium Frequency

前世 
前来 (前來)
前夕 
前夜 
前天 
前妻 
前年 
前往 
前后 (前後)
前所未有 
前提 
前方 
前景 
前期 
前程 
前者 
前辈 (前輩)
前途 
前进 (前進)
前面 
向前 
婚前 
往前 
从前 (從前)
提前 
日前 
此前 
当前 (當前)
目前 
眼前 
面前 

Appears In:

前 also appears in:
箭剪煎翦湔鬋
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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