1. 引
  2. 起

引

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Meta:

  1. 引 is the 479th most frequent character.
  2. 引 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 引 appears as a character in 62 words.
  4. 引 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
引 => 弓, 丨
Radical :
引 => 弓 (bow), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
引 => 匚, ㇉, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin3 - to draw (e.g. a bow)/to pull/to stretch sth/to extend/to lengthen/to involve or implicate in/to attract/to lead/to guide/to leave/to provide evidence or justification for/old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang1], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吸引 
吸引力 
引力 
引起 

Medium Frequency

勾引 
引 
引入 
引导 (引導)
引擎 
引爆 
引用 
引发 (引發)
引诱 (引誘)
引进 (引進)
引领 (引領)
指引 

Appears In:

引 also appears in:
蚓吲矧粌紖靷

起

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Meta:

  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. 起 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 起 appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. 起 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
起 => 走, 己
Radical :
起 => 走 (run), 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
起 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
起 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)
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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