HanziCraft - Information on 最,初

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最 is the 139th most frequent character.
最 has 1 dictionary entry.
最 appears as a character in 18 words.
最 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

最 => 曰, 取

Radical :

最 => 曰 (say), 耳 (ear), 又 (right hand)

Graphical :

最 => 口, 一, 二, 丨, 二, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

zui4 - most/the most/-est (superlative suffix)

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

最后 (最後)

最终 (最終)

Appears In:

最 also appears in:

初

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初 is the 666th most frequent character.
初 has 1 dictionary entry.
初 appears as a character in 40 words.
初 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

初 => 衤, 刀

Radical :

初 => 衤 (clothes), 刀 (knife)

Graphical :

初 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 冫, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

chu1 - at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

初恋 (初戀)

初级 (初級)

当初 (當初)

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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