1. 於
  2. 是

於

Meta:

  1. 於 is a very uncommon character.
  2. 於 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 於 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 於 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
於 => 方, 仒
Radical :
於 => 方 (square/raft), 人 (human), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
於 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆, 人, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu1 - (literary) Oh!/Ah!

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

Appears In:

於 also appears in:
淤瘀阏菸

是

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Meta:

  1. 是 is the 3rd most frequent character.
  2. 是 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 是 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 是 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
是 => 日, 𤴓
Radical :
是 => 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 龰 (N/A)
Graphical :
是 => 口, 一, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - is/are/am/yes/to be

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

是 

Medium Frequency

但是 
只是 
可是 
于是 (於是)
是否 
总是 (總是)
还是 (還是)

Appears In:

是 also appears in:
提题堤匙題韪缇醍鞮鳀隄趧鶗騠緹禔遈
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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