1. 底
  2. 下

底

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  1. 底 is the 543rd most frequent character.
  2. 底 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 底 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 底 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
底 => 广, 氐
Radical :
底 => 广 (house on cliff), 氏 (clan), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
底 => 厂, 丶, ㇒, ㇗, ㇂, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
  2. di3 - background/bottom/base/the end of a period of time/towards the end of (last month)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 底 (de5): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 底 (de5): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 底 (de5): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 底 (di3): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 底 (di3): The component 氐 is pronounced as 'di3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 底 (di3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  7. Pronunciation clue for 底 (di3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  8. Pronunciation clue for 底 (di3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

到底 
底 
彻底 (徹底)

Medium Frequency

平底 
年底 
底下 
底气 (底氣)
底片 
底线 (底線)
底部 
心底 
打底 
歇斯底里 
海底 
粉底 
卧底 (臥底)

Appears In:

底 also appears in:
菧

下

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  1. 下 is the 42nd most frequent character.
  2. 下 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 下 appears as a character in 255 words.
  4. 下 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
下 => 一, 卜
Radical :
下 => 一 (one), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
下 => 一, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xia4 - down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一下 
下 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

Appears In:

下 also appears in:
吓丐虾忑
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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