1. 揚
  2. 起

揚

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Meta:

  1. 揚 is the 1082nd most frequent character.
  2. 揚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 揚 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 揚 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
揚 => 扌, 昜
Radical :
揚 => 扌 (hand), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 勹 (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
揚 => 亅, 二, 口, 一, 一, ㇆, ㇒, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang2 - to raise/to hoist/the action of tossing or winnowing/scattering (in the wind)/to flutter/to propagate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 昜 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上扬 (上揚)
张扬 (張揚)
扬州 (揚州)
扬帆 (揚帆)
昂扬 (昂揚)
表扬 (表揚)
赞扬 (讚揚)
飘扬 (飄揚)
飞扬 (飛揚)

Medium Frequency

分道扬镳 (分道揚鑣)
宣扬 (宣揚)
弘扬 (弘揚)
悠扬 (悠揚)
抑扬 (抑揚)
扬名 (揚名)
扬州市 (揚州市)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
扬言 (揚言)
扬起 (揚起)
扬长而去 (揚長而去)
沸沸扬扬 (沸沸揚揚)
发扬 (發揚)
发扬光大 (發揚光大)
纷纷扬扬 (紛紛揚揚)
耀武扬威 (耀武揚威)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)

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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