1. 正
  2. 职

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:
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职

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Meta:

  1. 职 is the 616th most frequent character.
  2. 职 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 职 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 职 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
职 => 耳, 只
Radical :
职 => 耳 (ear), 口 (mouth), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
职 => 二, 丨, 二, 口, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi2 - office/duty

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 职 (zhi2): The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 职 (zhi2): The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兼职 (兼職)
职位 (職位)
职场 (職場)
职业 (職業)
辞职 (辭職)

Medium Frequency

任职 (任職)
免职 (免職)
全职 (全職)
公职 (公職)
在职 (在職)
天职 (天職)
失职 (失職)
专职 (專職)
本职 (本職)
正职 (正職)
求职 (求職)
求职者 (求職者)
尽职 (盡職)
称职 (稱職)
职 (職)
职务 (職務)
职员 (職員)
职工 (職工)
职业病 (職業病)
职权 (職權)
职称 (職稱)
职能 (職能)
职责 (職責)
离职 (離職)
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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