1. 拘
  2. 役

拘

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  1. 拘 is the 2094th most frequent character.
  2. 拘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拘 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 拘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
拘 => 扌, 句
Radical :
拘 => 扌 (hand), 勹 (wrap), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
拘 => 亅, 二, ㇆, ㇒, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ju1 - to capture/to restrain/to constrain/to adhere rigidly to/inflexible

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 拘 (ju1): The component 句 is pronounced as 'ju4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

拘留 
无拘无束 (無拘無束)

Medium Frequency

不拘 
不拘一格 
不拘小节 (不拘小節)
拘役 
拘捕 
拘束 
拘泥 
拘留所 
拘禁 
拘谨 (拘謹)

役

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  1. 役 is the 1243rd most frequent character.
  2. 役 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 役 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 役 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
役 => 彳, 殳
Radical :
役 => 彳 (step), 殳 (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
役 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi4 - forced labor/corvée/obligatory task/military service/to use as servant/to enserf/servant (old)/war/campaign/battle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 役 (yi4): The component 彳 is pronounced as 'chi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

战役 (戰役)
退役 

Medium Frequency

兵役 
奴役 
役 
服役 
现役 (現役)
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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