1. 因
  2. 而

因

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Meta:

  1. 因 is the 96th most frequent character.
  2. 因 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 因 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 因 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
因 => 囗, 大
Radical :
因 => 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)
Graphical :
因 => 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin1 - cause/reason/because

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

因 
因为 (因為)

Medium Frequency

原因 
因果 
因此 
因素 
因而 
基因 
死因 

Appears In:

因 also appears in:
恩烟姻咽茵胭氤洇铟骃秵絪駰裀銦

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Meta:

  1. 而 is the 36th most frequent character.
  2. 而 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 而 appears as a character in 131 words.
  4. 而 appears as a component in 41 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
而 => 丆, 𦉫
Radical :
而 => 而 (beard)
Graphical :
而 => 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er2 - and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 而 (er2): The component 而 is pronounced as 'er2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

而 

Medium Frequency

反而 
因而 
从而 (從而)
然而 
而且 
而已 

Appears In:

而 also appears in:
而需端瑞耐喘儒耍斋揣懦蠕惴湍孺嚅糯踹濡颛繻遄鸸薷粫襦恧鲕颥臑緛顬羺耎顓稬腨輀耑胹貒
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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