1. 左
  2. 转

左

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Meta:

  1. 左 is the 780th most frequent character.
  2. 左 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 左 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 左 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
左 => 𠂇, 工
Radical :
左 => 𠂇 (left hand), 工 (work)
Graphical :
左 => 𠂇, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo3 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo3 - left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

左 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

Appears In:

左 also appears in:
佐

转

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Meta:

  1. 转 is the 376th most frequent character.
  2. 转 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 转 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 转 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
转 => 车, 专
Radical :
转 => 车 (car), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 龴 (N/A)
Graphical :
转 => 乚, 一, 一, 丨, 二, 丨, 龴

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuan3 - to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift
  2. zhuan4 - to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for turns: revs/classifier for repeated actions

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 转 (zhuan3): The component 专 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 转 (zhuan4): The component 专 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

转 (轉)
转发 (轉發)
转盘 (轉盤)
转给 (轉給)
转身 (轉身)
转载 (轉載)

Medium Frequency

中转 (中轉)
反转 (反轉)
右转 (右轉)
回心转意 (回心轉意)
回转 (回轉)
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
好转 (好轉)
婉转 (婉轉)
左转 (左轉)
打转 (打轉)
扭转 (扭轉)
旋转 (旋轉)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
流转 (流轉)
目不转睛 (目不轉睛)
翻转 (翻轉)
辗转 (輾轉)
辗转反侧 (輾轉反側)
转世 (轉世)
转动 (轉動)
转化 (轉化)
转向 (轉向)
转告 (轉告)
转圈 (轉圈)
转型 (轉型)
转基因 (轉基因)
转好 (轉好)
转学 (轉學)
转弯 (轉彎)
转悠 (轉悠)
转战 (轉戰)
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
转换 (轉換)
转播 (轉播)
转会 (轉會)
转机 (轉機)
转眼 (轉眼)
转移 (轉移)
转而 (轉而)
转行 (轉行)
转角 (轉角)
转变 (轉變)
转让 (轉讓)
转卖 (轉賣)
转账 (轉賬)
转车 (轉車)
转转 (轉轉)
转运 (轉運)
转达 (轉達)
转头 (轉頭)
逆转 (逆轉)
运转 (運轉)

Appears In:

转 also appears in:
啭
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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