1. 杜
  2. 撰

杜

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  1. 杜 is the 1275th most frequent character.
  2. 杜 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 杜 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 杜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
杜 => 木, 土
Radical :
杜 => 木 (tree), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
杜 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Du4 - surname Du
  2. du4 - birchleaf pear (tree)/to stop/to prevent/to restrict

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 杜 (du4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 杜 (du4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

杜 
杜仲 
杜绝 (杜絕)
杜鹃 (杜鵑)

Medium Frequency

杜塞 
杜塞尔多夫 (杜塞爾多夫)
杜康 
杜撰 
杜月笙 
杜牧 
杜琪峰 
杜甫 
杜邦 
杜鹃花 (杜鵑花)

撰

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Meta:

  1. 撰 is the 2295th most frequent character.
  2. 撰 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 撰 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 撰 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
撰 => 扌, 巽
Radical :
撰 => 扌 (hand), No glyph available, 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
撰 => 亅, 二, 巳, 艹, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuan4 - to compose/to compile
  2. zhuan4 - variant of 撰[zhuan4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

撰写 (撰寫)
撰文 
撰稿人 
杜撰 
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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