1. 塔
  2. 城

塔

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  1. 塔 is the 1028th most frequent character.
  2. 塔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 塔 appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. 塔 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
塔 => 土, 荅
Radical :
塔 => 土 (earth), 艹 (grass), 人 (human), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
塔 => 一, 丨, 一, 艹, 人, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ta3 - pagoda/tower/minaret/stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)/CL:座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 荅 is pronounced as 'da2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 塔 (ta3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

塔 
金字塔 
铁塔 (鐵塔)

Medium Frequency

佛塔 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
古塔 
塔利班 
塔吊 
塔城 
塔尖 
塔楼 (塔樓)
塔罗 (塔羅)
大雁塔 
娜塔莉 
宝塔 (寶塔)
斜塔 
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
炮塔 
灯塔 (燈塔)
聚沙成塔 
蛋塔 
象牙塔 
贝塔 (貝塔)
雁塔 
雷峰塔 
电视塔 (電視塔)
高塔 

城

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  1. 城 is the 413th most frequent character.
  2. 城 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 城 appears as a character in 260 words.
  4. 城 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
城 => 土, 成
Radical :
城 => 土 (earth), 一 (one), 丿 (bend), ㇆ (N/A), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
城 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丿, ㇆, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cheng2 - city walls/city/town/CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 城 (cheng2): The component 成 is pronounced as 'cheng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

城 
城市 

Medium Frequency

京城 
倾城 (傾城)
全城 
古城 
商城 
围城 (圍城)
城区 (城區)
城堡 
城府 
城墙 (城牆)
城管 
城乡 (城鄉)
城镇 (城鎮)
增城 
攻城 
新城 
曼城 
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
满城 (滿城)
省城 
禅城区 (禪城區)
县城 (縣城)
西城区 (西城區)
费城 (費城)
进城 (進城)
达坂城 (達坂城)
长城 (長城)
双城 (雙城)
韩城 (韓城)
龙城 (龍城)
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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