1. 正
  2. 直

正

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Meta:

  1. 正 is the 129th most frequent character.
  2. 正 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 正 appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. 正 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
正 => 一, 止
Radical :
正 => 一 (one), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
正 => 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - first month of the lunar year
  2. zheng4 - just (right)/main/upright/straight/correct/positive/greater than zero/principle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng1): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

反正 
正 
正在 
正式 
真正 

Medium Frequency

修正 
公正 
张居正 (張居正)
改正 
正午 
正品 
正太 
正好 
正宗 
正常 
正月 
正版 
正直 
正确 (正確)
正经 (正經)
正义 (正義)
正道 
正面 

Appears In:

正 also appears in:
政证整征症怔歪焉罡钲証

直

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Meta:

  1. 直 is the 255th most frequent character.
  2. 直 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 直 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 直 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
直 => 十, No glyph available
Radical :
直 => 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
直 => 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi2 - surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. zhi2 - straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一直 
直 
直接 
直播 

Medium Frequency

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

Appears In:

直 also appears in:
值置植殖矗埴禃稙
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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