1. 更
  2. 年
  3. 期

更

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Meta:

  1. 更 is the 221st most frequent character.
  2. 更 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 更 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 更 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
更 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
更 => 一 (one), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
更 => 一, 口, 一, 丨, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. geng1 - to change or replace/to experience/one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided/watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
  2. geng4 - more/even more/further/still/still more

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 更 (geng1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 更 (geng4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

更 
更新 

Medium Frequency

更加 

Appears In:

更 also appears in:
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年

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Meta:

  1. 年 is the 45th most frequent character.
  2. 年 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 年 appears as a character in 181 words.
  4. 年 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
年 => 𠂉, 㐄
Radical :
年 => 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 十 (ten), ㇗ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
年 => 丿, 一, 一, 丨, ㇗, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Nian2 - surname Nian
  2. nian2 - year/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今年 
年 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 

期

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Meta:

  1. 期 is the 253rd most frequent character.
  2. 期 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 期 appears as a character in 113 words.
  4. 期 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
期 => 其, 月
Radical :
期 => 甘 (sweet), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
期 => 艹, 二, 一, 八, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi1 - a period of time/phase/stage/(used for issue of a periodical, courses of study)/time/term/period/to hope/Taiwan pr. [qi2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 期 (qi1): The component 其 is pronounced as 'qi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 期 (qi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

假期 
期 
期待 

Medium Frequency

佳期 
到期 
前期 
如期 
学期 (學期)
定期 
后期 (後期)
日期 
早期 
星期 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
时期 (時期)
更年期 
期望 
期末 
期盼 
期货 (期貨)
期间 (期間)
期限 
短期 
近期 
周期 (週期)
过期 (過期)
长期 (長期)
青春期 
预期 (預期)
高峰期 
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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