1. 增
  2. 殖

增

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  1. 增 is the 446th most frequent character.
  2. 增 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 增 appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. 增 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
增 => 土, 曾
Radical :
增 => 土 (earth), 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
增 => 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 口, 丨, 丷, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zeng1 - to increase/to expand/to add

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 增 (zeng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'ceng2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 增 (zeng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'zeng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

增加 

Medium Frequency

增 
增多 
增强 (增強)
增添 
增速 
增进 (增進)
增长 (增長)
增高 

殖

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Meta:

  1. 殖 is the 1436th most frequent character.
  2. 殖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 殖 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 殖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
殖 => 歹, 直
Radical :
殖 => 歹 (death/decay), 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
殖 => 一, 夕, 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi2 - to grow/to reproduce

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 直 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 殖 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

生殖 
繁殖 

Medium Frequency

增殖 
殖民 
殖民主义 (殖民主義)
殖民地 
殖民者 
生殖器 
养殖 (養殖)
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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