1. 吉
  2. 凶

吉

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  1. 吉 is the 854th most frequent character.
  2. 吉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 吉 appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. 吉 appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吉 => 士, 口
Radical :
吉 => 士 (scholar), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
吉 => 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji2 - surname Ji/abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
  2. ji2 - lucky/giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吉 (ji2): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

吉 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

Appears In:

吉 also appears in:
结洁桔诘颉秸髻黠拮結咭佶蛣鲒祮硈詰鞊趌

凶

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  1. 凶 is the 1376th most frequent character.
  2. 凶 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 凶 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 凶 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
凶 => 凵, 乂
Radical :
凶 => 凵 (container), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
凶 => 凵, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiong1 - terrible/fearful
  2. xiong1 - vicious/fierce/ominous/inauspicious/famine/variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

凶 (兇)
凶手 (兇手)
凶残 (兇殘)
凶狠 (兇狠)

Medium Frequency

凶器 (兇器)
凶悍 (兇悍)
凶恶 (兇惡)
凶杀 (兇殺)
凶杀案 (兇殺案)
凶猛 (兇猛)
凶神 (兇神)
凶险 (兇險)
凶兆 
凶光 
凶暴 
吉凶 
帮凶 (幫兇)
逢凶化吉 

Appears In:

凶 also appears in:
匈汹酗
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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