1. 敘
  2. 舊

敘

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  1. 敘 is the 1605th most frequent character.
  2. 敘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 敘 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 敘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
敘 => 金, ⺙
Radical :
敘 => 金 (metal/gold), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
敘 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu4 - to narrate/to chat/abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 敘 (xu4): The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

叙 (敘)
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
叙旧 (敘舊)
叙述 (敘述)

Medium Frequency

叙事 (敘事)

舊

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  1. 舊 is the 913th most frequent character.
  2. 舊 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 舊 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 舊 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
舊 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
舊 => 艹 (grass), 隹 (small bird), 臼 (mortar)
Graphical :
舊 => 艹, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶, 臼

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu4 - old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 舊 (jiu4): The component 臼 is pronounced as 'jiu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依旧 (依舊)
怀旧 (懷舊)
旧 (舊)

Medium Frequency

仍旧 (仍舊)
废旧 (廢舊)
念旧 (念舊)
恋旧 (戀舊)
叙旧 (敘舊)
照旧 (照舊)
破旧 (破舊)
老旧 (老舊)
旧事 (舊事)
旧友 (舊友)
旧地 (舊地)
旧址 (舊址)
旧年 (舊年)
旧情 (舊情)
旧日 (舊日)
旧时 (舊時)
旧历 (舊曆)
旧版 (舊版)
旧物 (舊物)
旧账 (舊賬)
旧金山 (舊金山)
陈旧 (陳舊)
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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